throwafoxtrot

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throwafoxtrot ,

Actually education is probably the largest selection factor. Educated people have less children than less educated people. Sometimes massively so. This is not necessarily linked with intelligence, it correlates more with socio economic factors.

throwafoxtrot ,

Plenty of answers already.

I'd like to point out that it's not medicine alone, but empathy that changes natural selection. We have evidence of our ancestors caring for members of their tribe that would have been unable to survive otherwise.

But while in some edge cases (some diseases) you could make an argument that it's bad for future humanity for some reason, it's overall good, because it enables a larger population. And a larger population has a better chance of mutating to fit changing environments. Or to phrase it differently: diversification comes first, selection can wait.

throwafoxtrot ,

I need the top ten majors with the lowest unemployment rates to make a judgement in this plot.

throwafoxtrot ,

Are the budgets calculated the same way in all countries? Or at least comparable?

I've heard that e.g. in Germany pensions for soldiers are not calculated as defence spending, because it's just a regular pension, the same civilians also get. However in the US the department of defense is directly responsible for that so it counts as defense spending. However I have no idea if that is true or if that is already considered in the 2% figure.

throwafoxtrot ,

Only during totality.

You still need them if you want to see the moon creep across the sun.

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