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The question is not about what would make a better world or if an individual off spring from a 40+ couple (oldsters) would be better off than 10 from a 16 year old couple (youngsters.)

The questi ...

I could write an Onion article about this conversation:

In a bizarre turn of events today in natural history, natural selection stopped for two to three hundred years. Reproduction did not stop, th ...

Ah, this is the question that is of most relevance.

I have been surprised by the speed things appear to be unraveling. I am also surprised by the way they are going down.

My analogy is to a hou ...

Exposing the depths of my ignorance here.....

What would happen if we simply declared all CDS contracts null and void? Vaporize them?

Sounds to me like it is all just a bunch of boys playing dr ...

Right on, Newfie. But at least we had critical thinking skills and weren't faced with the end of the world. Most of their generation won't stand a chance. Those that survive will grow from the experi ...

the answer is in your mouth... we have the teeth of carnivores.

to the extent you beleive we have evolved to the point where killing is no longer necessary, well, you run the (very great) risk of m ...

It is a truly blessed day, with the market taking a huge dump. I finally get to see the baby boomers eat their sh*t pie they created. Their retirement accounts down, their home values down, god thank ...

Bah. That assertion is just plain ignorant, vmarchart. Natural selection is the process by which favorable heritable traits become more common in successive generations of a population of reproducing ...

Also, I would recommend reading the book "Omnivores Dilemma."

Good and educational read. Has a wonderful treatment of vegetarianism vs. carniviourism. You will learn things, some you won't want ...

Please try to reread the posts. My comments are about the way the world works, not you or me.Please re-write your posts; they sure don't read like you intend.

Where ever the fault lies, I agree tha ...

Correct your grandkids, if as you say you have none, then you will not pass on your genes. Which speaks very much to my point.Humanity will thank me for that. There will be roads, bridges, buildings, ...

I don't like it, I don't promote it, and I do not preach it to my daughter.What do you like, promote and preach to your daughter?

I try to give her an open portal to the world and encourage a wider ...

Where the hell is Felix Unger when you need him?

Where I would expect to find him; sitting on the couch, feet up on the hassock, stuffing his mouth with cheese puffs while he watches a football ...

We had a neighborhood party the other day and the whole scene reminded me of a feedlot--thick and soft creatures milling about, not entirely sure of what's happening, but vaguely uneasy. Fine writing. ...

If we don't reproduce we are removing ourselves from the gene pool.There's the option of reproducing less and later in life.Yes, but that is just a modified form of removing ourselves. Others will rep ...