Klapaucius says: I confess that I too have entertained the notion

Klapaucius says: But it does raise some difficult questions.

Klapaucius says: First one would have to prove that the state of being is in every respect preferable to the state of nonbeing, even when that being is not especially pleasant.

Klapaucius says: Without such proof, this felicitological experiment with which you seem to be obsessed may well backfire.

Klapaucius says: That is, to the great number of unhappy souls that already occupy the universe you would be adding your own freshly created unfortunates—and what then?