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Re:America just had its lowest number of births in 32 years,... by raducu on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:21AM (#19919628)
"genetic line" -- I mean, it's not like you're the pharoh pumping out 100s of children while subjugating those eunuchs.

Also, in a world of 10 billion peoople, it's not like any given individual has much precious DNA to pass on.

I have one daughter and I'd love her to have a sibling, but for various reasons I don't think it's going to happen, which kind of makes me sad, but not because I won't pass down my "line".

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Re:America just had its lowest number of births in 32 years,... by vixen99 on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:16AM (#19920222)
Just focusing on one small area of human achievement - there was just one single Chopin, Beethoven, Bach and Mozart. Unlike in science, no reason to suppose one of these composers 'would have come along anyway'.
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