knb comments on Rationality and being child-free - Less Wrong

11 Post author: InquilineKea 20 November 2010 02:12AM

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Comment author: InquilineKea 20 November 2010 02:28:09AM 4 points [-]

Yes, that's true. The thing is this: it is rational for each of us to be childless, even though childlessness is not collectively rational for us all. It's sort of like a prisoner's dilemma with many people in it.

Comment author: knb 20 November 2010 04:01:27AM 5 points [-]

Also known as a "Tragedy of the Commons".

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 20 November 2010 04:11:25AM 3 points [-]

You can also think of it as evolution selecting against atheism.