So this contest is essentially a cryonics propaganda competition?
Tongue in cheek answer: Sure, I’ll admit to that. I’d never have lasted long in Slytherin anyway.
Awesome.
Serious answer: I’m just trying to avoid an awkward situation by not appearing willing to actively fund a position I don’t agree with at a core level. An honorary submission would be welcomed, and in fact I think I’ve read and recommended Thrasymachus work in the past on this very topic. It’s based on pro-natalism, if I remember right. So it is on topic in the sense that it would present interesting contrast to the other essays, it just doesn’t answer the questions I actually asked / am willing to pay for answers to (which I expect that many here to already have thought of, but think they need incentive to actually write it out in a nice essay format).
Tongue in cheek answer: Sure, I’ll admit to that. I’d never have lasted long in Slytherin anyway.
Serious answer: I’m just trying to avoid an awkward situation by not appearing willing to actively fund a position I don’t agree with at a core level. An honorary submission would be welcomed, and in fact I think I’ve read and recommended Thrasymachus work in the past on this very topic. It’s based on pro-natalism, if I remember right. So it is on topic in the sense that it would present interesting contrast to the other essays, it just doesn’t answer the questions I actually asked / am willing to pay for answers to (which I expect that many here to already have thought of, but think they need incentive to actually write it out in a nice essay format).
You should clarify this in your original post.