World map of fertility rates by country in 1970 vs 2014

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[–]AcceleratedWallops 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

You can "clearly conclude" all that, huh?

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

You can't ? Tell me why.

Usually i'm into theses. This implies that there is a lot more stuff hidden behind them. I got no problem discussing this as long as it stays truthful and polite.

And someone else reading this should be able to recognize actual arguments.

[–]AcceleratedWallops 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

As economies improve people tend to have fewer children. This map lines up pretty well with that, I think, from my limited knowledge of recent history.

So yeah, I think you're going to have a hard time dodging Occam's Razor, but sure go ahead.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I don't dodge it. Just the stories made up around it. This razor i can dance quite well now. Because it almost always triggers my sheeple detector.

I'm a quite bendable character as i'm sure you will realize soon.

[–]hightesseract 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If you answered the hypothesis with some countering proof, I missed it.

It actually pretty clearly demonstrates reproduction rates slowing all over the world as living conditions improve.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

For the last 50 years there was a hiatus. Given. Oral contraceptives is the magic word here.

Living conditions are actually going down from what they once were. In eastern Europe and Africa e.g. .

You are confounding me for your souffleuse, like most of my students do.

Brain and memory are muscles. They grow with the actual use they are subjected to.