I think #4 could be argued sanely. For example, here’s one: ‘puppies fill the child-sized hole in your heart, freeing lots of money for SIAI and cryonics’
(Since the lifetime cost of a dog is somewhere below 10k, while for a middle-class kid raised to college and beyond is… >200k? In that range. 190k just about pays for a neuro-suspension even without investment/insurance.)
I think #4 could be argued sanely. For example, here’s one: ‘puppies fill the child-sized hole in your heart, freeing lots of money for SIAI and cryonics’
(Since the lifetime cost of a dog is somewhere below 10k, while for a middle-class kid raised to college and beyond is… >200k? In that range. 190k just about pays for a neuro-suspension even without investment/insurance.)