Hey, a testable prediction! Can you give us an estimate of when exactly you think Moloch's self-destruction will close in on him? I'd like to check it for accuracy.
Questions such as this one sometimes require observation over a few generations to decisively answer.
I think you confuse, "Low Fertility", with choosing to not have lots of children...
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Since when is having 1 child instead of 5 a bad thing? I don't even see how this is a negative trait
I could argue that fewer children is a good thing...
Intelligent parents have no need to produce dozens of brainwashed children...