It's a biological drive, at least until you're past the age of fertility. Whether you consciously think about carrying on your genetic line, it's baked into the hardware.
replyOnly as far as having sex. And what about kin selection?
replyI forget the precise nature of what the guy said, but it wasn’t just “people want to have kids who came from them.”
replyMost people.
replyIt was interesting of you to make the remark considering it’d clearly be unpopular, but agree with others, don’t really care about my genetic legacy. Am going to be dead so it’s meaningless to me.
replyAnd actually, a non-genetic child might be nice, especially if you get one at the right age. You don’t have the intense burden of raising a baby or when they’re a young child, but still get to the joy of raising a child (as long as they like you, which is of course the biggest downside. Probably less of a tendency for them to attach strongly to you).
Nah, creepy weirdos care about “genetic legacy.” Normal people have no problem with adoption or stepkids or whatever.
replyYeah, you’re the normal one and most of the world is creepy weirdos
replyThe “reality has a liberal bias” crowd gets pretty quiet when biology comes up.
replyThe two genders: liberal and biological
replyIt’s funny. Normally saying that something is wrong because it got downvoted and flagged would be a fallacy. You’ve managed to make it a valid argument.
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