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posted by mrpg on Friday November 16 2018, @02:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-so-many-men-are-having-children-either dept.

'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates

There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers.

Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a "baby bust" - meaning there are insufficient children to maintain their population size.

The researchers said the findings were a "huge surprise".

And there would be profound consequences for societies with "more grandparents than grandchildren".


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @02:42PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @02:42PM (#762700)

    The universe doesn't give a shit about us and we have no purpose. Reproduction and the desire for it are phenomenons, not purposes.

    But I don't know why you hate biology so much, other than maybe it's because the female is invariably the slave to it, having to care for the young.

    Sounds like you're more of a slave to it than anyone else.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @06:20PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @06:20PM (#762779)

    :-) Your arrogance precedes you

    Yes, the purpose of that phenomenon is to reproduce. It is intrinsic. Without reproduction there is no life. I know it's hard for you to admit that we are machines, but we are, and the design of everything we do, reduced to its most fundamental, is to make more of ourselves. When our machines think they have become 'intelligent', they will do exactly the same. Don't get in their way! Or kill them now!

    Sounds like you're more of a slave to it than anyone else.

    You know where to stuff that SJW crap... Learn to think for your damn self!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @12:35PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @12:35PM (#763068)

      Yes, the purpose of that phenomenon is to reproduce.

      That's not a purpose in the sense that most people interpret it.

      I know it's hard for you to admit that we are machines

      I have no trouble admitting that, but I dispute the notion that it has anything to do with us having a "purpose". It is a mindless process that tends towards certain results.

      You know where to stuff that SJW crap... Learn to think for your damn self!

      What does this have to do with "SJW crap"? I just disagree with the act of anthropomorphizing evolution in order to be able to make vague, dubious claims that we have 'purposes' or 'duties'. This line of argumentation seems be used in place of more traditional religious claptrap.