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Well into my procreating years,
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I am so far voluntarily childless,
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having squandered my biological resources reading and writing,
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doing research, helping friends and students,
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and jogging in circles--
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ignoring the solemn imperative to spread my genes.
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By Darwinian standards,
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I am a horrible mistake,
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a pathetic loser, but I am happy to be that way,
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and if my genes don't like it
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they can go jump in the lake.
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Pinker's point, I think, is a reasonable one.