knb comments on Rationality and being child-free - Less Wrong
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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.
Also known as a "Tragedy of the Commons".
You can also think of it as evolution selecting against atheism.