Anita, I said that I view children as having value for their potential. I didn’t say they were worthless, just that I don’t believe that humans have additional value compared to other things simply because they have a particular set of genes. Does a triploid or tetraploid offspring (read that not human in terms of chromosome count) have the same enhanced value as the diploid or “normal” human offspring?

RE the dog comment, our narcotics canine for example has more value to society than some people I have met. The narcotics canine serves a useful purpose, the strung out druggy with over a dozen felony convictions who turned somebody into Swiss cheese using a high-powered rifle does not. The same can be said for the various versions of gang-banging thugs.

Kind of hurts that you think somebody who you have minimal information on would be a better option than me, sort of like saying that playing the dating version of Russian roulette is better. Same for your comment regarding equating me with criminal defendants.

So, at the age of 39, what would I gain from recovering this “loving nature” that I have purportedly lost? I’m lonely, bitter, tired, and jaded, but pretty good at what I do. Not sure what a “loving nature” would do for me.