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Originally Posted by roguebfl
Because settlers willing move away from a ZPG high tech worlds are largely drawn from the bored and those for whom the population growth control restrictions of their parent society chafes. And freed from the worry that these would be a life as an adult for their child to fit in.
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Those are two possibilities. Others are sentenced criminals; highly paid experts; and people looking for a challenge or a new life.
Even a colony of religious enthusiasts who believe contraception immoral is subject to two rules: regression to the mean, and "cultures always change." Their children will be less enthusiastic than their parents because they weren't specially selected for enthusiasm, and their great-grandchildren will believe all kinds of different things and adapt their behaviour (like how many children they have) to local conditions.