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The genetic basis of sexual reproduction means that over a long enough time span the people who are happy not having kids become irrelevant because they no long
by ipnon 1y ago
The genetic basis of sexual reproduction means that over a long enough time span the people who are happy not having kids become irrelevant because they no longer exist.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoSo? They lived happy lives, that's all that matters. We're all irrelevant eventually due to death. Over a long enough time period, the Earth is cooked by the Sun and this all is gone. Enjoy the ride, in a century you'll be long forgotten.
- AlotOfReading 1y agoKin selection, inclusive fitness, and group selection all beg to differ. Some form of these will be introduced in any evo bio 101 class.
- ipnon 1y agoI find this hand-wavy "I am smart and you are dumb" argument to be lazy and too common on HN. What if I told you I've taken intro to evolution? What if I told you I'm an expert in human evolution? What would you have to say then?
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- AlotOfReading 1y agoI would be very surprised if a paleoanthropologist said that individual selection was the only thing that mattered. A geneticist maybe, but I'd look at them funny. The only ones I can imagine saying that earnestly are all like 60+ years old.
- anigbrowl 1y agoI'd say you should like a bullshit artist, because you are just making assertions rather than providing people with information that supports your assertions (based on this whole sub-thread).
- staticman2 1y agoPeople who are happy having kids also no longer exist over time.