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0 pointspopalchemist2mo ago0 comments

The world is always full of danger. This moment in time is exceptional only in the form of that danger, not in its substance.

When those of us with noble traits -- intelligence, empathy, morality and so on -- refuse to reproduce, we do so at the cost of allowing the OTHERS who lack those traits to make up a larger and larger percentage of the population. They WILL reproduce.

Food for thought.

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rixed2mo ago

Are we back to the beliefs into inherited nobility already?

anal_reactor2mo ago

There are things that aren't true but the wider society must believe to be true in order to maintain social order. Think of religion for example. "We are all equal" is also one of those things.

johnmaguire2mo ago

This could also be read as a take on the nurture aspect of childrearing.

popalchemistOP2mo ago

It is literally just game theory. If you don't act, others still will. Multiply that times 8 billion and you have an evolutionary process that rewards the dumbest amongst us.

littlexsparkee2mo ago

So just teach those traits to other people? You don't need to have kids to help.

popalchemistOP2mo ago

Yes, that is possible, and I didn't claim that having kids is the only way to influence humanity... obviously.

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rixed2mo ago

Are we back to the beliefs into inherited nobility already?

anal_reactor2mo ago

There are things that aren't true but the wider society must believe to be true in order to maintain social order. Think of religion for example. "We are all equal" is also one of those things.

johnmaguire2mo ago

This could also be read as a take on the nurture aspect of childrearing.

popalchemistOP2mo ago

It is literally just game theory. If you don't act, others still will. Multiply that times 8 billion and you have an evolutionary process that rewards the dumbest amongst us.

littlexsparkee2mo ago

So just teach those traits to other people? You don't need to have kids to help.

popalchemistOP2mo ago

Yes, that is possible, and I didn't claim that having kids is the only way to influence humanity... obviously.

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