Are Babies for Idiots? Maternal Urge Decreases in Women with Higher IQ

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161. People can't live in groups without a culture emerging.

You can't wipe it out, and according to Marvin Hasrris, we can't really do much to change it. It's an emergent property, like a magnetic field.

Just to be clear, if you think that I believe that extermination is preferable to overpopulation, you are mistaken. I see extinction (as opposed to extermination) as a probable consequence of overpopulation coupled with overconsumption if we take it to the limit. And humans (in the collective) aren't so good at stopping short while there's still stuff that could be consumed.

The only time marketing works is when it's in support of something we want to do anyway. Look at the anti-marijuana marketing, and how effective that's been. Many of us want to get stoned, want to have kids, want to drive to Denny's for a triple bypass burger. Marketing that tells us how we can do all that and still be OK works like a charm. Marketing that tells us those might be bad ideas is soundly ignored.