Skeptoid #1035: How Disastrous Are Declining Birth Rates?
Skeptoid
Brian Dunning
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🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Popular influencers claim birth rates are declining disastrously. How true is that, and is it a disaster?
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| 0:00.0 | You've heard some of the United States loudest voices proclaiming that a civilization-level |
| 0:08.4 | disaster is in progress. |
| 0:12.0 | Declining birth rates, they claim, will result in the utter destruction of American society, |
| 0:17.1 | and ultimately the destruction of the human race itself. |
| 0:23.8 | The solution, they claim, is more babies. |
| 0:27.7 | But not just any babies, very specific babies. |
| 0:28.9 | What kind? |
| 0:30.9 | Today we're going to find out. |
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