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Old 01-12-2018, 07:18 PM   #49
DocRailgun
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Default Re: New Sci Fi Setting Seeds

I understand that a few people actually enjoy raising children and watching them grow and learn rather than children merely being an unfortunate sideeffect of sex.
I realize you didn't suggest that parenthood is a burden, but rather I was responding to the idea that having easy access to satisfying virtual sex will cause people to not have children.
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Originally Posted by ericthered View Post
One of the strongest being that many people believe that if sexual needs can be completely fulfilled virtually the society will die out within a generation. But I suspect that the population won't completely collapse, and a core of people who have kids for the sake of having kids will emerge and create a culture that reproduces. Similarly, those who remain interested in improving hardware will remain engaged in the economy and people will envy their stuff and join in.
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