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>If you're unsure? Have children. Someone's bound to survive the apocalypse. Maybe it'll be your genetic material.

Huh? What?

... I don't really understand why I would care if my "genetic material" survives a future apocalypse vs some other rando's "genetic material?" or anyone's "genetic material" for that matter.

This is an especially bizarre reason for having children.

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>This is an especially bizarre reason for having children.

This is basically why every species on the planet (with sexual reproduction) has children, whether you're aware of it or not. It's the instinctual drive to propagate. It's why sex feels good (for at least one party involved, for most species).

is vs ought is the distinction that needs to be made. the perogatives of natural selection needn't concord with moral behavior.

Right, but in this case if the deciding factor is climate change and you're ambivalent about the outcome of climate change and humanity... you might as well just roll the dice.

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