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"In biology 101 one learns that most organisms value having kids over living for a long time."
This is very definitely a confusion over what evolution values versus what organisms value. Suppose you were faced with a choice: get sterilized now, or get shot in ten years. Evolution would favor B but the vast majority of people themselves would favor A.
"Very few people do that. I figure they mostly value kids over a long life."
Most people don't know about CR and don't know what they want very clearly anyway.
Interestingly though, if the choice is: get shot now or one of your children gets shot now most people would choose the former.