The fact that reproducation in our society is now only caused by wanting to reproduce is disturbing
It’s disturbing that people have more control over their lives? Why? Because it will result in slightly lower average IQ in the medium term? Because it means our descendants will be monomaniacal fitness-maximizers rather than eudamonic agents in the long-long term?
There are many reasons. For starters, it is going to cause religions such as Roman Catholicism to take over because they have lots of kiddies, which is a meme/gene combo.
Essentially, giving people “freedom” without oversight creates a fertile environment for aggressive gene/meme combinations to take over.
With better oversight, each individual could probably have almost the same average amount of freedom but society avoids the long-term pitfalls.
This thread is making me want to have 10 rational children just to counteract the effect…
It’s disturbing that people have more control over their lives? Why? Because it will result in slightly lower average IQ in the medium term? Because it means our descendants will be monomaniacal fitness-maximizers rather than eudamonic agents in the long-long term?
Parents don’t just pass their genes on to their children, they pass on some of their ideas. “Dysmemics” seems a bigger problem than “dysgenics”.
There are many reasons. For starters, it is going to cause religions such as Roman Catholicism to take over because they have lots of kiddies, which is a meme/gene combo.
Essentially, giving people “freedom” without oversight creates a fertile environment for aggressive gene/meme combinations to take over.
With better oversight, each individual could probably have almost the same average amount of freedom but society avoids the long-term pitfalls.
This thread is making me want to have 10 rational children just to counteract the effect…