Considering the primary purpose of life is to reproduce and continue existing I'd suggest that even in a world of guaranteed suffering that it is our obligation to continue our existence.
Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
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Assuming it was ok to have kids before it is still ok now. There may be some world where the chance your offspring will be subjected to suffering is high that it may not be the best idea.
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#12The people that don't care about Climate Change will still be having kids.
Raising kids and teaching them well is one of the best hopes humanity has.
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#13if it's the reason you are citing for not having kids, you are probably not ready to have kids
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#14Natural selection means that primarily those who think having kids is ok will propagate their genetic material. So in the long run, the answer is necessarily yes.
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#15I have a 4 month old daughter and looking a the history I‘m pretty glad she is born today and not 50 or 100 years ago.
Well, that sentiment entirely misses the point of all of this!
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#16I have a 4 month old daughter and looking a the history I‘m pretty glad she is born today and not 50 or 100 years ago.
Yes, the question is in the context of climate change, not other variables.
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#17Do as you please. Thank you, next.
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#18Anyone walking around with the idea that having kids is bad is a moron.
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#19So what does she propose as ideal, everyone in the world just stop reproducing?
Only some countries should stop reproducing?
Who should stop reproducing?
Do we follow the Kyoto protocol and set a date back in time as the target goal? What can we afford, the year 2000, 1980, 1887?
This sound like it would be the perfect type of issue that could be addressed via a 5 year plan.
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#20> Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
Yes.