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polymathwannabe comments on Altruistic parenting - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: Clarity 08 February 2016 11:57AM

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 10 February 2016 03:29:47PM 0 points [-]

Whatever trait you have that is making you consider not having children, by not having children you make this trait less frequent in the next generation.

Only if that behavior is genetic in origin. In many cases, voluntary childlessness is a learned idea that doesn't need children to get passed on.

Comment author: entirelyuseless 10 February 2016 04:21:27PM 3 points [-]

Learned ideas depend on the genetic ability to be receptive to that learned idea. So if you don't have children because of the learned idea that it is better not to have children, future generations will be less receptive to the idea that it is better not to have children.