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Why? Are you implying that people with kids are less intelligent?
by pertymcpert 8y ago
Why? Are you implying that people with kids are less intelligent?
- supermatt 8y agoDid you even watch the video link?
- ovi256 8y agoIf you're confident you're smart, why not fight idiocracy by having kids ?
- ahje 8y agoHumans breeding like rabbits is a _really_ bad thing in the long run. Contributing to that will only make the problem worse, and most intelligent people realise that. The solution is to discourage the "idiots" from having kids in the first place -- not to compete with them.
- watwut 8y agoWestern countries don't have overpopulation problem. Like, we don't have it at all. Being overfocused on imaginary problem is not solution to existing problems.
- dexen 8y ago>The solution is to discourage the "idiots" from having kids in the first place Eugenics have been tried several times, all over the world, and both produced terrible abuses - especially of disenfranchised social groups - and also failed miserably. Please, let's not.
- ahje 8y agoOf course not, as always, the problem would be to decide who gets to decide that certain people are idiots. History tells us that we're not very good at chosing the right ones for the job. :)
- pertymcpert 8y agoWe will need as many humans as we can physically support in order to have a chance of surviving beyond earth.
- pertymcpert 8y agoI've seen the god damn movie.
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- supermatt 8y agoSo just trolling then. Gotcha.
- Phenix88be 8y agoI don't know for supermatt, but I do ! Give me one good reason to have kids other than stupid "it's the miracle of life" bullshit, tell how it's a smart move ?
- pqhwan 8y agoDo you value your own existence? Have you considered that you owe your existence to the fact that every single one of your ancestors went for the bullshit?
- szemet 8y agoIt boils down to preferences. So it is a smart move if it is in line with your preferences. In simple terms saying people having children are not that intelligent, is like saying people preferring pizza over pasta (or other way) are dumb. (And yes, I do think that those who think the is–ought distinction is bullshit are not that intelligent...;)
- arpa 8y agoI'll take a shot and give you 4: 1. you propagate your genes 2. you likely have a backup kidney and liver for your old age 3. you have a human being that is legally required to help you out financially upon coming of age, 4. you have another person in your life that oxytocin makes you fall in love with deeply and unconditionally, and if you don't fuck it up, that love is reciprocated. Then again, it is a lot of work, stress and there are no guarantees, but it's still as stupid as to join/found a startup (lots of work, stress, no guarantees, it basically changes you) - the main trade-off being is that your child is more likely to grow up well than your startup will become a unicorn, but you can't sell your child for a billion currency units (and i can assure you, if you're not a sociopath or mentally ill, you will not want to). So there's that.
- robjan 8y agoLucky your parents didn't think that way
- Phenix88be 8y agoThey should have... Imagine all the money they spended on me ?
- ovi256 8y agoPeople are pretty good at rationalizing what they do already. Part of that is feeling smarter than the people who have made the opposite choice.