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Originally Posted By u/HumusSapien At 2025-04-12 10:30:16 AM | Source


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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Solution: don't have children. Let some more intelligent species with kindness and empathy take over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Darn, I already had one. I might consider handing them off to a more intelligent species though, if you have a recommendation? Bonobo maybe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I suggest we do some genetic fiddling, like how scientists gave the NOVA1 gene to mice. They have been shown to have more empathy than humans.