Posted on 03/24/2008 8:27:50 PM PDT by KungFuBrad
Lucius Vorenus posted this question
IQ and the Wealth of Nations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_and_the_Wealth_of_Nations
Rank Country IQ 1 Hong Kong 107 2 South Korea 106 3 Japan 105 4 Taiwan 104 5 Singapore 103
List of countries and territories by fertility rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_fertility_rate
Rank Country 2000 2007 207 South Korea 1.72 1.28 214 Japan 1.41 1.23 219 Taiwan 1.76 1.12 220 Singapore 1.16 1.07 221 Macau 1.30 1.03 222 Hong Kong 1.27 0.98
QUESTION: Why have the peoples of the Pacific Rim, who are among the smartest in the world, stopped making babies, and why were they making vastly fewer babies in 2007 than they were a mere seven years earlier, in 2000?
Which is to say: The Pacific Rim is not only dying, but its death continues to accelerate. Why is this?
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