Shallan's Baby

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

40 minutes ago, Karger said:

Considering objects and plants have cognitive aspects I think you are fine.

Because of how people think of them. No one is thinking of baby in the first minutes following conception before implantation.

[Karger he/him]

4 minutes ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Because of how people think of them. No one is thinking of baby in the first minutes following conception before implantation.

Horneaters would disagree.  We are getting at a very old argument but there is no way of proving you are correct.

Edited October 1, 2020 by Karger

[NameIess]

I mean, 

(Mistborn era 1 spoilers)

Spoiler

Vin and Elend were married for years and didn't have children. I'm pretty sure that allomancy wouldn't prevent childbirth.

I think it's easier and less controversial to assume that they have access to a birth control of some kind.

[Karger he/him]

1 hour ago, Nameless said:

I think it's easier and less controversial to assume that they have access to a birth control of some kind.

They did.

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17th Shard

Are there forms of birth control on Scadrial?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes, there are. Witness, Vin and Elend not getting pregnant across several years.

17th Shard

Right. It's just not really mentioned in the books.

Brandon Sanderson

Yeah. I stay away from that intentionally. There are a lot of things I just didn't discuss due to the the feel of that book.

17th Shard Interview (Oct. 3, 2010)

 

[NameIess]

15 minutes ago, Karger said:

They did.

I'm talking about the people on Roshar. They probably have birth control, and Brandon just hasn't mentioned it because he generally stays away from topics like that.

[Karger he/him]

1 hour ago, Nameless said:

m talking about the people on Roshar

Ah.  Well given how long people have lived on Roshar with technology they have probably figured something out.