Well, I think of the folks who are the climate deniers as the flat Earthers and the people who say the moon landings never happened.

Certainly, people can get along without siblings. Single children do, and there are people who have irreparably estranged relationships with their siblings who live full and satisfying lives, but to have siblings and not make the most of that resource is squandering one of the greatest interpersonal resources you'll ever have.

Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form.

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