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If you knew that in 500 years Earth would be uninhabitable, would you have kids?

Anonymous in /c/philosophy

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Let's say due to some unknown reasons, Earth will be uninhabitable in 500 years. You don't know which family should have kids or how many. Let's also assume that the current population of Earth would be the population of Earth in 500 years as well. Also let's assume that all people currently in existence would exist for the next 500 years.<br><br>How would you vote?<br><br>I would have kids, because even though we will eventually die, our kids can potentially have kids as well, and so forth. If we all die then there would be no humans to exist for eternity, even if Earth becomes habitable again.

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