Twin Future
Having twins is a random event, an occurrence at the early stages of pregnancy. Twins are as unlikely to have twin children as anybody else.
It occurs to me that in our world of families with very few but accurately planned children, having a hereditary trait to be give birth to twins would be highly beneficial, in a plain Darwinian sense. This would effectively force families to have more kids then they "planned". As for the religiously inclined children-factory style families, this is a way to produce more kids faster. Single moms that never go or go too late for another baby will end up having more offspring as well.
With current social system in place, it appears that we are setting ourselves for totally cool future where everyone has a twin! That would of course require that there be a genetic feature allowing for such a trait, not environmental stuff like artificial conception.
It occurs to me that in our world of families with very few but accurately planned children, having a hereditary trait to be give birth to twins would be highly beneficial, in a plain Darwinian sense. This would effectively force families to have more kids then they "planned". As for the religiously inclined children-factory style families, this is a way to produce more kids faster. Single moms that never go or go too late for another baby will end up having more offspring as well.
With current social system in place, it appears that we are setting ourselves for totally cool future where everyone has a twin! That would of course require that there be a genetic feature allowing for such a trait, not environmental stuff like artificial conception.
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