Posted by ks55 > 5 hours ago | Report Abuse

One is fine, two is better, three is hard to stand, 4 is prolong suffering, 5 is suicidal.
Surely 2 is good enough for population replacement with modest growth. Why 5? You live in India? Bangladesh? Or African country?

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 4 hours ago | Report Abuse

In terms of evolutionary biology, species tend to produce more offspring when the likelihood of survival is low, and fewer offspring when the chances of survival are higher due to better parental care and stable environments.

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 4 hours ago | Report Abuse

In terms of adaptive psychology,

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 4 hours ago | Report Abuse

1 = less is more (personal fun & breathing space)

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 4 hours ago | Report Abuse

5 = live meaningfully by being daoistically selfless and masochistically insufferable, i.e. more happiness felt inside by cutting off materialistic desire

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 4 hours ago | Report Abuse

2 = closer to 1; 3 = 50-50; 4 = closer to 5

Posted by EngineeringProfit > 4 hours ago | Report Abuse

I got 10 children, & over 200 grandchildren + great grandchildren

Posted by ks55 > 4 hours ago | Report Abuse

So 1 is pleasure, 5 is death

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Posted by EngineeringProfit > Sep 21, 2024 11:17 AM | Report Abuse
I got 10 children, & over 200 grandchildren + great grandchildren

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Posted by EngineeringProfit > 3 hours ago | Report Abuse

There is a U-curve,....... after 5, it's just number

(Exactly like age, after 100,......age is just number

Posted by ks55 > 51 minutes ago | Report Abuse

So 1 is pleasure, 5 is death