Europeans over 65 will outnumber those under 15 next year

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Europeans over 65 will outnumber those under 15 next year
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only if their parents care enough to make sure they are educated and smart. we don't need more stupid people.

Good point. I guess the problem is that with humans it's always quantity over quality.

The "problem" being that the more educated people are, the fewer children they have and that's a correlation that actually holds pretty well.

The whole "people should have more children and make sure they are educated and smart" is self-contradictory: it's either more kids lower-education or fewer kids higher-education.

It's magical thinking to expect that the people capable of "making sure they're educated and smart" will have many children.