Comment by dragonwriter 2 days ago
> I assume you would not have wanted to live in a universe when humanity was wiped out aeons ago
I am pretty sure it would be impossible for that to occur, unless you are talking to a non-human (in which case they very much might want that.)
> This is a thought experiment where we consider the ramifications of holding this belief.
If we are waving away the natural laws of the universe (which we must for the hypothetical to be possible) than the consequences can be anything anyone in the sevate chooses them to be, because there is no longer any rule between cause and effect.
We are not waving anything away. If you mess up the planet, you will be worse off and cursing your anti-natalist ancestors. Antinatalism negates itself on a timescale longer than a generation. It is anti-Darwinian. We exist because such idiots already killed themselves off, or others smacked some sense into them.
This is a thought experiment where we consider the ramifications of holding this belief. In a universe where this belief is held, your existence may be thoroughly miserable. Would you accept that? And even if you did personally, on what basis do you have the right to make this decision for everybody else? The rational and moral behavior is for you to decide your own fate and leave others alone.