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'Remarkable' Decline in Fertility Rates

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

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for Bytram:

'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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Original Submission

• the duty is inborn the duty is inborn (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @05:13PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @05:13PM (#762743)

  And who bestowed this "duty" upon men?

  Does it have to be a "who" at all? If so, then God. For the rest of us, evolution did that. The feeling of duty is in our DNA. For the past million years or so, men without this sense of duty were less likely to leave surviving offspring. These men would be less often chosen by women, and their children were more likely to die of conflict and starvation.

  What happens if you do not fulfill it, or even desire to?

  Well, you are broken. Lots of people have mal-adapted DNA, so you aren't alone. Some people have bad joints. Some people are dumb. Some people are more cancer-prone. Some people hallucinate. Some people have kidneys that don't last. Some people get seizures. Some people go blind. Some people... do not feel a duty to protect and provide, or even to have sex. Being broken is common. Evolution quickly eliminates the worst, and slowly eliminates the minor problems, while new defects randomly appear. Most of us are thus slightly broken, and a few of us are severely broken.

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• Re:the duty is inborn (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @12:15PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 17 2018, @12:15PM (#763061)

  Stop upmodding this pseudoscientific junk.

  For the rest of us, evolution did that.

  Evolution is not an entity, as you said yourself. It does not bestow duties upon people. It is a phenomenon. Using the word "duty" here is nonsensical.

  The feeling of duty is in our DNA.

  Having a "feeling of duty" isn't the same as actually having a duty.

  Well, you are broken.

  Who decided that and why are they correct? And don't say "evolution," because that leads you to the exact same problem described above.

  Some people have bad joints. Some people are dumb. Some people are more cancer-prone. Some people hallucinate. Some people have kidneys that don't last. Some people get seizures. Some people go blind. Some people... do not feel a duty to protect and provide, or even to have sex. Being broken is common.

  Why do you get to decide what qualifies as "broken"? That is highly subjective. I would say that being childfree is not like any of those things, and is a lifestyle choice that is almost always immensely beneficial to the individual.

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