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> For example, having children decreases the former yet increases the latter. For you, maybe. This is not true for everbody.
by shafyy 4y ago
> For example, having children decreases the former yet increases the latter.
For you, maybe. This is not true for everbody.
- tasuki 4y agoHow do you know? People are notoriously bad at predicting what will make them happy/unhappy. (fwiw, I'm not saying you're wrong)
- shafyy 4y agoI'm just saying that comment I replied to makes this sound as universal truth. Wanting children and being happy about having children are subjective things. There are people who don't have children and are happy about it, people who have children but are unhappy about it and everything inbetween. People who want to have children should have them, and people who don't want to have children shoudln't have them =)
- miketery 4y agoThese debates always devolve into people pointing at outliers. Simply compare the two curves. Those with children vs those without. Your comment stands if you look at outliers, GP stands if you take the curves.
- pauldenton 4y agoDoes the experience of the Outlier not matter because it is not the regular experience?
- MrRiddle 4y agoIf we take outliers into the account, then any statement ever regarding human behavior would be false.
- mcguire 4y agoAny general statement. Would that be bad? How?
- antisthenes 4y ago
- adave 4y agoIts not a mathematical problem that you just compare the curves, some problems are hard and cannot be generalized. And you are adding other factors if you think people who do not want kids are somehow the outliers. Same as if people wanted kids might be if you actually looked closely, for most people its not a very well thought out choice.
- shafyy 4y agoSo you're saying that people who don't want children in fact should have children to be happier? What a presumptuous thing to say.
- tasuki 4y agoI'm with you wrt everything you wrote, except this part: > People who want to have children should have them, and people who don't want to have children shoudln't have them =) I think it's fine either way! People who want to have children are often disappointed when it's not all roses as they imagined. Conversely, people who don't want to have children are often surprised at the little joys they bring...