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As cultures begin to value education the birthrate starts to decline. This trend leads us to tow possible outcomes.

The world becomes educated and looses interest in having children and the human race dies out.

Or the uneducated, ignorant, and otherwise undesirable portions of the species thrive devolving humanity to a caveman like existence.

Discuss

>> No.3064943

Why would becoming educated lead to lower birth rates (let alone no birth)

>> No.3064949

The world becomes educated and loses interest in having children and cures death.

>> No.3064950

>>3064939
>As cultures begin to value education the birthrate starts to decline. This trend leads us to tow possible outcomes.
Interesting proposition, that this is a causation relationship. I believe that you are mistaken from my limited knowledge. It has to do with subsistence farming, and requiring child labor, and access to contraception.

>> No.3064956

>>3064950
Hmm, if you mean correlation, which is a reasonable reading, then that /might/ be ok, maybe. I think it's still disingenuous to put it that way OP.

>> No.3064976

>>3064950
European countries and Russia have a declining population, even Singapore and Japan are having problems with declining birth rates.

>> No.3064991

>>3064943
Why would draconian divorce and custody laws make marriage, and even sex, unattractive?

Education you say?

>> No.3064993

to discuss this, we must make the a priori assumption that increased education, or even technological societies, are the superior strategy in current environments.

given the observations of Malthus, and ongoing human nihilism, I'd hazard the guess that the cavemen were better fit for survival, as are most retards and rednecks.

>> No.3064995

>>3064976
Yes, and? Correlation does not prove causation, and I disputed your causation claim. If you mean correlated only, then [citation please].

>> No.3065004

Asexual reproduction via tanks, populations kept at sustainable levels - sex allowed to be freed from the act of procreation. Education wheeeeee

>> No.3065012

>7 billion people on earth
There are enough people having children for everyone.

>> No.3065013

>>3064976
>2015
>Condoms banned on Europe and Russia

>> No.3065017

Cultures valuing education causes the birthrate to decline, not decrease to zero. No matter how much people value education, the trend of birthrate decline will not continue. People will still fuck and have children, that should be fucking obvious.

>> No.3065037

>>3065012
and they are all african, mexican or muslim

>> No.3065039

>>3065037
or Chinese...

>> No.3065060

explain to me how there will ever be selection pressure against having sex

>> No.3065064

>>3065060
having sex =/= having children

>> No.3065101

sure is slippery slope in here