Re: Justify procreation, please.
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1)The thread also mentions providing children with the joy of living
Don’t have them and they won’t know the difference.
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That's not what matters. To continue with the analogy, having them is +EV. Not having them is 0 EV. Whether they know the difference is irrelevant. If I can choose to either bring joy into the world or avoid bringing joy into the world, I'll choose to bring joy into the world.
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It wouldn’t be cheaper to save your money and hire a caretaker at life’s end? Or provide a new social network for us by not burdening the rest of society with schools and children’s hospitals or prisons for our offspring?
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Perhaps. It depends on the situation. Regardless, I don't think those options are really viable, and having relationships and companionship during senescence is important.
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3) And we could add things like propagation of the species
Not really much of a reason.
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Says you. I think humans are pretty cool.
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4)and the desire to leave a legacy
That’s ego and self gratification again.
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So?
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