[Alex-Programs]

That's a fascinating thought. As people with larger brains are more successful in life and more likely to have children*, mortality rates for natural births would increase, and over time we would evolve to become dependent upon modern technology.

The continued existence of our species would become dependent upon continued civilisation. A dark age could kill us, or at least cripple the population.

*how true is this? Uni-educated people tend to have lower fertility rates.

[mmooss]

> As people with larger brains are more successful in life and more likely to have children*

> *how true is this? Uni-educated people tend to have lower fertility rates.

In the U.S. university education depends mostly on mommy and daddy's wallet size, not brain size.

[gonzan]

I dont have data but I’d assume that wallet size is correlated to brain size

[mmooss]

That would be quite a claim and I certainly wouldn't assume it!

[kridsdale3]

"Children? With these economic conditions?"

[Izkata]

"There's no way we could have a child now. Not with the market the way it is, no."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2tUW0HDHA