If you knew for certain that the World would end in 100 years hence, would you still have children?

Suppose that you did not have children because of the possibility of the world ending in one hundred years. But that one of the grandchildren that you did not have was going to be clever enough to help solve some of the problems the world has.

Sorry - a complicated thought but cannot break it down into a smaller sentence or make it easier.

Interesting question which should pull some diverse answers. As for me, it's 3 kids and 8 grandkids too late. But if it weren't, my answer would be NO, I would NOT have children.

I believe that it is too late to hope for 'cleverness' to save the day, and wrong to expect anyone, including children, ours or anyone elses, to provide us happiness.. that's our own job.. And as for being fruitful and multiplying.. that request was made long long ago, and we've already done it, to the tune of billions. If in fact, we really are 'all in this together like one big family, so to speak' ..then why would we want yet more children, when we aren't providing for all those we have now?!?

Yes, I would. Only after having children you would realize how much happiness they bring to your life. 100 years or 1000, it does not matter.

Enjoy the life as it comes.

To have lived at all is better than to have not.

No, I wouldn' t, because I wouldn' t like to "see" them suffer.

Even if I knew the world were going to end, I would live as if it were never going to end. Frankly, it is hard for me to argue having children now, I find it difficult to find meaning in this materialistic money success driven world. So I don't know.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.