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Why do people have children?

Why do people have children?

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Originally posted by DrKF
I wasn't saying consciousness isn't real, only that our capacity to observe ourselves act doesn't really count for much, other than as a curiosity. (Quite what evolutionary purpose, if any, is served by this capacity is a matter of debate; it may well be that it is simply a side-effect of a considerably more complex system of communication within the spe ...[text shortened]... of all the evidence they say they approve of elsewhere pointing to the contrary...
i can see how in the evolutionary context that it may be difficult to explain, but alas Dr.K i am not match for your learned opinions, plus its three fifteen am and i have the will of a melting ice lolly in the mid day sun in Multan, wish you well - regards Robbie.

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kids are soft and cuddly. even when they get big they're still cute.

re the In Future We'll All Be Doomed scenario, the doctor prescribes a few years of country living.

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Environmental problems are only loosely related to population. I live in one of the most densely populated countries in the world and there are very little pollution problems here. Carbon emissions look set to drop from the next decade or so onwards.

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
kids are soft and cuddly. even when they get big they're still cute.
Er... ok, dude... it's a free world so good for you.

Just try to like them after they're 18 years old, mmkay?

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Originally posted by Seitse
Er... ok, dude... it's a free world so good for you.

Just try to like them after they're 18 years old, mmkay?
you'll always be older than they are, and maybe you can remember yourself at that age.

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
you'll always be older than they are, and maybe you can remember yourself at that age.
Not really.

After the accident, all I recall is Santa Claus putting Atari consoles under the tree.

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Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Environmental problems are only loosely related to population. I live in one of the most densely populated countries in the world and there are very little pollution problems here. Carbon emissions look set to drop from the next decade or so onwards.
I wouldn't say that it's just pollution though. There is also foresting to produce paper, clear felling to grow palm oil, the meat industry which uses up huge amounts of energy and water and oil, wasteful or toxic energy production by-products, etc.

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Originally posted by The Snapper
I wouldn't say that it's just pollution though. There is also foresting to produce paper, clear felling to grow palm oil, the meat industry which uses up huge amounts of energy and water and oil, wasteful or toxic energy production by-products, etc.
There are practical and sustainable solutions for all of these issues and they are increasingly being employed.

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Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Environmental problems are only loosely related to population. I live in one of the most densely populated countries in the world and there are very little pollution problems here. Carbon emissions look set to drop from the next decade or so onwards.
Now imagine a giant wall being built around the Netherlands and all imports and travel being cut off. Let's see how long the land 16 million Dutch currently occupy can sustain them at their current standard of living. Hmm...

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Originally posted by Soothfast
Now imagine a giant wall being built around the Netherlands and all imports and travel being cut off. Let's see how long the land 16 million Dutch currently occupy can sustain them at their current standard of living. Hmm...
maybe the Dutch should have a one-child policy.

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