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Re:Arctic temperatures soar 25 degrees above normal in the d... by ShorsHammer on Sunday February 25, 2018 @01:08AM (#16457412)
Extrapolating that out environmentally concerned people should have as many children as possible and outbreed those not concerned about greenhouse emissions?

Such a statement seems to assume that the mind is an immutable object only created in childhood.

While it certainly causes cognitive dissonance for some, an SUV driving redneck carnivore with no children has created far less emissions than a public transport using vegan environmentalist with 2 kids.

http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541

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Re:Arctic temperatures soar 25 degrees above normal in the d... by toasterlovin on Sunday February 25, 2018 @01:41AM (#16457518)
Mostly I’m just saying that, given that most aspects of personality are 30-80% heritable, I think people should really think twice before contributing to a future with less long-term thinkers in it.
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Re:Arctic temperatures soar 25 degrees above normal in the d... by ShorsHammer on Sunday February 25, 2018 @02:21AM (#16457662)
Certainly do understand the motivation, it just seems like a race environmentalists can't win.

There are better ways to change minds.

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