Re: Maladaptive breeding (Re: 'Face' cultures)


"Sylvia Knörr" <Sylvia.Knoerr_NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Aardvark J. Bandersnatch" <sumbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Please excuse me for butting into the conversation, but I would like to
add
a few caveats.

Your butting in is ALWAYS welcome!! :-)

Under stress, however, hominids *tend* toward higher
levels of procreation. Since we are no longer quite so tied to the
physical
environment and its imperatives, we are now subject to "cultural" and
"intellectual" stressors. When individual members feel their likelihood
of
successful propragation and continuation is stressed beyond a certain
degree, they will switch to fecundity as an ensurer. It is
counter-intuitive
and non-rational, but that's what the historic evidence tends to
demonstrate.

Indeed, and we can watch birth rates decline when people live in an
environment/ situation where the likelihood of long-term SURVIVAL of
offspring is very high - like it is among wealthy citizens of stable
societies.
It seems that the European population might go extinct because of a LACK
of
stress. Isn't it ironic? :-)

That means the thing to look for and observe over the next few years is the
increasing stress on European society by the influx of gastarbeiter,
especially those from non-European countries (like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran,
the UAE, and such). Are there other possible stressors that might lead to
European revival?




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