Quote: (03-13-2012 11:19 AM)basilransom Wrote:
Quote: (03-13-2012 08:50 AM)joehoya Wrote:
Quote: (03-09-2012 06:52 PM)Samseau Wrote:
I think the male pill would only prevent well-educated women and men from having bastard children, which is a negative for society.
Thugs and morons will continue to reproduce. I actually support tyrannical child-support laws because it punishes scummy parts of male society.
However, it won't even put a dent in the birth rate of low-income folks. Pookie doesn't give a shit if he gets some chick he is boning pregnant. He doesn't give a fuck about child support because he isn't paying child support for the 2 kids he has already.
I think that's a little premature. The fact that both parties can now unilaterally prevent conception, while still raw-dogging, should reduce the rate somewhat.
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The illegitimacy rate could go either way, due to the above factors, but it's probable the population birth rate will go down.
I see the population birth rate going down as a good thing.
Less people who shouldn't be breeding making more offspring and less people fighting over resources.
Also, people who thoughtfully plan for children
tend to be more conscientious, more intelligent, and more affluent and more desired values transferred to children might increase within the population. This spells better quality (and younger) women in the future for us.
As for the concern about intelligent people not breeding, it's too early to tell at this point and paints a wide brush. Intellectuals have produced children before and they come in a wide variety of values that will make the breed or not.
This organic vasectomy will probably get backlash from the religious right and I can see the US gov. fighting to make it difficult to get this operation.
On the other hand....we are intervening in the natural selection process. Will individuality be in danger? This operation might produce a population of group-thinkers ala Brave New World by Huxley, Anthem by Rand, and the movie Demolition Man.
Definitely a game changer.