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Re: This article is completely inane.
by artman772000

yea, you're right. even if we wanted to be so numerical as this guy, we could make your argument this way: total future global happiness = (number of people) * (how happy they are).

clearly the latter factor is inversely proportional to the second, so churning out tons of people does not maximize the welfare of future generations.

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