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> Would you not have children (who will comparatively consume, and therefore contribute far more than 3rd world children Anecdotally, I know many people who ar
by throwaway2016a 10y ago
> Would you not have children (who will comparatively consume, and therefore contribute far more than 3rd world children
Anecdotally, I know many people who are doing just that. Not having kids for ethical reasons related to climate change.
Not saying I agree or disagree, just presenting an anecdote from the group of people I know.
- PitchBlackFox 10y agoThat's how Idiocracy starts
- yequalsx 10y agoThere is quite a bit you'd have to state to justify this belief.
- cazum 10y agoIdiocracy is a 2006 movie by Mike Judge. The plot of the film starts with intelligent people declining to reproduce.
- yequalsx 10y agoOh. I did not know this was a reference to a movie. Thank you!
- jobigoud 10y agoHere is the (classic) opening scene of Idiocracy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E
- yequalsx 10y agoThanks. I did not get the reference.
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- mrfusion 10y agoHow do they know their kid wouldn't be the one who would have solved climate change? The way I see it every new human expands our global hive mind super computer and it's also a lottery ticket at getting a new Einstein. All you need is one genius to advance a science to the next level.
- mikestew 10y agoHow do they know their kid wouldn't be the one who would have solved climate change? Probability, and the probability says their kid will turn out to be the same level of idiot as the rest of us, all the while using 400x (or whatever the number is) energy and resources of someone in a developing country. All you need is one genius to advance a science to the next level. History has demonstrated that the singular genius coming up with a breakthrough is largely a myth.
- CaptSpify 10y agoThere is no problem that I can think of that we have that adding more people is going to fix. I really want a way to prevent people from being fertile by default. I wouldn't trust any government I know to implement that without quickly falling into eugenics, however.