DanielLC comments on Post ridiculous munchkin ideas!

[DanielLC]

Anyway, creating tulpas is presumably much cheaper than raising an actual child, for anyone.

I just said there are cheaper ways to increase the population. You have to compare it to them. How does it compare to sperm donation? Saving lives?

[juliawise]

I don’t think additional sperm donors will increase the population—I don’t think lack of donors is the bottleneck.

Saving lives probably doesn’t either, if the demographic transition model is true. At least, saving child lives probably results in lower birthrates—perhaps saving adults doesn’t affect birthrate.

[jefftk]

I don’t think lack of donors is the bottleneck.

Depends on the country.

[DanielLC]

I’m told there are areas where it’s illegal to get paid to “donate” sperm. I think it’s a bottleneck there.