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[–]Zestyclose_Marketing 0 insightful - 2 fun0 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Wait a second I don't get how having multiple kids per family is dysgenic.... Also having one kid per couple isn't sustainable enough to keep the population alive. There would be less and less people each generation, and that would be a bad thing considering how there will be foreign nations that keep on breeding, and preparing for invasion.

[–]Dragonerne 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, it gets complicated real fast and R/K is a simplified model.
Having multiple kids per family isn't dysgenic - it's the other way around. R-selected people tend to get more kids which is dysgenic for a society. A K selected family having many kids is great afaik.

You can think of it like this:
Plenty of food => R-selection is "best" because there is enough food to spam lots of kids.
Competition for food => K-selection is "best" because each family needs to compete for the limited food.

K-selected people are better than R-selected. 1 to 1. But here's the thing; a K-selected society would create a paradise which would create an environment where R-selection outcompetes the K-selected individuals (because there would be plenty of food in the paradise and hence competition is not required).

You're right about having one kid per couple isn't sustainable.

K-selected people have higher IQ, stronger, bigger, etc. R-selected is the cheap version.