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BadAstronaut comments on Review: Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids - Less Wrong

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Comment author: BadAstronaut 01 June 2012 07:59:38PM 0 points [-]

I also think there must be some kind of psychological issue behind my lack of interest in children. For instance I have an infant nephew that I see regularly and people ask me if I want to hold him, play with him etc. The answer is no (although sometimes I do it anyway). The strange thing is if I was around a puppy I would want to hold it and play with it - this doesn't seem right. Shouldn't I be adapted to find the young of my own species more loveable than any other?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 01 June 2012 08:12:11PM 6 points [-]

Puppies might be bred to be a supernormal stimulus for some people.