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What I originally said was:
"most organisms value having kids over living for a long time."
I said MOST organisms - and referred to a specific example: kids vs lifespan.
Your representation of my position drops the qualifying word "most" and generalises it. That is not a legitimate operation in an argument.
Also, perhaps best to stop using quotation marks when attributing distorted versions of my views to me.
You appeared to be generalizing in this case from 'most organisms' to 'most people' which doesn't seem valid to me.
I do also think is is generally true that most people value having kids over living for a long time - though I wasn't making a logical generalisation from "most organisms" to "most people" in the absence of other observations.
Biology has reproduction as an ultimate goal, and longevity as an instrumental one - and most people's actions seem broadly consistent with that to me - though obviously there are a few methusalahites.