Pennomi

Trust me, they aren’t. But neither are the Americans.

How long until we see some Hollywood-style accounting for these mineral revenues?

You’re trying to incorrectly put words in scientist’s mouths here.

They did not say that a person should not have children.

They merely said that on average, people who don’t have children are happier.

If people could accidentally find themselves trapped in a heavy metal concert, (just like people accidentally find themselves stuck being parents), you’d find a similar conclusion - people who don’t go to heavy metal concerts are happier. But it turns out that concerts are elective, so the effect is unlikely to be present in real life for concerts.

This has nothing to do with the “goodness“ of concerts or parenthood - both of them are awesome when the people doing them chose to do it!

No, but I do believe that complex issues with many factors can be boiled down into simpler averages. Besides, “stress” is just as multifaceted of an issue as anything else! It implies nothing about the root causes.

Moreover, this research article did not say “if you have kids, you will be miserable”. That is a personal choice you should make for personal reasons. Some people are happier with kids! But it’s also true that childless adults are on average happier.

Why is it crazy? It seems like the most sensible conclusion - no kids reduces stress significantly. Maybe in a world without need it’d be the other way around, but we don’t live in a post-scarcity society, do we?

Foreign political funding should be banned everywhere by default. It makes no sense to let foreign interests muck about in your domestic policy.

They also pay taxes but don’t receive benefits. It’s a terrible idea to send them away.