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I absolutely agree with you and still think it is totally irrational to have kids and cut into your fun -- however, you may be interested in [this comment threa

I absolutely agree with you and still think it is totally irrational to have kids and cut into your fun -- however, you may be interested in [this comment thread](slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/16/bundles-of-joy/) where many of these crazy kid-having people explain their point of view. It's worth noting that whatever unsatisfactory explanations they manage to convince themselves of, have greater genetic fitness than the ones that convince us. It's very frustrating that even though wrong, they are guaranteed to prevail through natural selection.

piaste 9y ago
> It's very frustrating that even though wrong, they are guaranteed to prevail through natural selection. I think you're contradicting yourself here. If you believe it matters whose lineage wins at natural selection, then those parents are in fact right and you are wrong. If you believe that it doesn't matter, or that it matters less than having your childless fun, then you shouldn't find it frustrating that their genes will win an unimportant game.