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Zvi comments on Rationality and being child-free - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Zvi 23 November 2010 10:19:03PM 0 points [-]

There's no question having a child is highly variant in its outcome, both in terms of happiness and otherwise. It makes some people radically happier, and some people radically unhappier. If the effect was reliable then given its magnitude we wouldn't have any difficulty recognizing it casually.