Mcmarie90 · 31-35, F
On the flip side, should people who's brain have no ability to develop further, have children?
This question is garbage. It plays off of the sentiment that the person being asked the question has the moral authority to answer, and frames bad parenting on young adults having kids. Suppose you answer yes, what does that accomplish? Does it start a dialog? A movement? Does it just make everyone mad at each other while playing off our dopamine kicks for clicks?
Suppose you did have the power to prevent young adults from having kids while still developing, how would you decide that? Science? You get a brain scan every year? If you spend more then 3 seconds thinking about the question, you realize how click bait it is, just to farm engagement. Well farm away, but be warned, these fields are salted.
This question is garbage. It plays off of the sentiment that the person being asked the question has the moral authority to answer, and frames bad parenting on young adults having kids. Suppose you answer yes, what does that accomplish? Does it start a dialog? A movement? Does it just make everyone mad at each other while playing off our dopamine kicks for clicks?
Suppose you did have the power to prevent young adults from having kids while still developing, how would you decide that? Science? You get a brain scan every year? If you spend more then 3 seconds thinking about the question, you realize how click bait it is, just to farm engagement. Well farm away, but be warned, these fields are salted.
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nope
but then I think the novel Brave New World got procreation right too, so there's that (imagine something practical being deemed "dystopian" ... yep, I'm definitely in the radical minority here ... but never again would you ever hear of concepts like abortion, because of the cascade of benefits from that sustainable model of society)
this is where the human propensity for emotional attachment to things overriding reason / logic / rational thinking / common sense becomes a flaw rather than something to appreciate
I don't think literally any whim under the sun should be a fundamental human / individual "right" either, because like it or not, we do share this one planet with each other ... and if you just take 30 seconds to think about it logically, everyone (never mind other species) has a better chance of having a higher quality of life if there are only 500 million to 1 billion people on Earth (which is the way it was before the Industrial Revolution, for many centuries / millennia), instead of 8 billion and climbing ... resources are finite
nobody likes being told "no" (and to that end will often wear unthinking, petulant defiance for its own sake as a badge of honor) but that's also a sign that our species has not yet evolved (or we could stop navel-gazing for 5 minutes to see the bigger picture, every single time, without anyone having to prod us)
but then I think the novel Brave New World got procreation right too, so there's that (imagine something practical being deemed "dystopian" ... yep, I'm definitely in the radical minority here ... but never again would you ever hear of concepts like abortion, because of the cascade of benefits from that sustainable model of society)
this is where the human propensity for emotional attachment to things overriding reason / logic / rational thinking / common sense becomes a flaw rather than something to appreciate
I don't think literally any whim under the sun should be a fundamental human / individual "right" either, because like it or not, we do share this one planet with each other ... and if you just take 30 seconds to think about it logically, everyone (never mind other species) has a better chance of having a higher quality of life if there are only 500 million to 1 billion people on Earth (which is the way it was before the Industrial Revolution, for many centuries / millennia), instead of 8 billion and climbing ... resources are finite
nobody likes being told "no" (and to that end will often wear unthinking, petulant defiance for its own sake as a badge of honor) but that's also a sign that our species has not yet evolved (or we could stop navel-gazing for 5 minutes to see the bigger picture, every single time, without anyone having to prod us)
DayattheBeach · 36-40, F
My cousin is a psychologist. He claims the brain does not fully develop until about the age of 25. It's his opinion that people should not be allowed to vote or drive a car until then, among other things.
Katie01 · F
@DayattheBeach honestly valid. I'd be in favour of that, and also some people not being allowed to vote or drive or whatever ever
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Right. No one should have kids. 😆
Be realistic!
Everyone changes. Even if it's at different rates, at different times.
Be realistic!
Everyone changes. Even if it's at different rates, at different times.
faery · F
Yes, according to biology, and if everyone waited past age 25 many would decide against doing it, which is partly how humanity survives, life stages overlap.
H1raeth · 36-40, M
probably not. congrats to those who have managed it though.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
Should? Definitely no. Could? Why not? If they're 20-25. 🤷🏻♀ I don't think it's a good idea under 20 though.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
Isn't that the way Nature/God/whatever designed humans? And that's based on the assumption scientists are saying our brains stop developing in our 20s and are unable to keep developing via experience and knowledge.
Ambroseguy80 · 56-60, M
I would hope most brains are in a constant state of development. So yes. Go forth and multiply.
Younameit · F
In my opinion no, unfortunately it still happens.
Tracos · 51-55, M
I think it's more a matter of maturity and independence than brain development
gregloa · 61-69, M
Should you?
onewithshoes · 26-30, F
Kind of question a robot would ask.
Magicianzini · M
TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP
When a body of ppl decide who can and can’t have babies…
Let’s just let natural selection sort these things out
Let’s just let natural selection sort these things out
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
Absolutely. Let's admit that our system is genocide.
FreeLittleBird · F
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NO.
NO.