kemsat@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 15 days agoThe history of societal collapses are all just examples of Universe 25lemmy.worldimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up174
arrow-up174imageThe history of societal collapses are all just examples of Universe 25lemmy.worldkemsat@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareGrabtharsHammer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·edit-215 days agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink It was an experiment with too many mice, too well cared for. The mice became withdrawn and… “Though physically able to reproduce, the mice had lost the social skills required to mate.”
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·15 days agoThat guy’s experiments were the inspiration for the Rats of NIMH books, which led to The Secret of NIMH movie!
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoNow I want to see human population density compared to birthrate 25 years later for regions with a current sub-replacement birthrate. “Losing the social skills required to mate” sounds like many people I know.
minus-squarePlesiohedron@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-215 days agoIf you had to guess, what form would this “loss of social skills and non-mating” take in a human population?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink
It was an experiment with too many mice, too well cared for. The mice became withdrawn and… “Though physically able to reproduce, the mice had lost the social skills required to mate.”
That guy’s experiments were the inspiration for the Rats of NIMH books, which led to The Secret of NIMH movie!
Now I want to see human population density compared to birthrate 25 years later for regions with a current sub-replacement birthrate.
“Losing the social skills required to mate” sounds like many people I know.
If you had to guess, what form would this “loss of social skills and non-mating” take in a human population?