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I'm not sure about 'very'. Definitely don't need the extra colonists. Combined with a Sanitarium it would cut down on the number of negative traits across your colony...

A 50/50 chance to keep your celebrities, geniuses, and saints is not a bad deal. I've had a couple colonies with multi-generational phoenixes with fancy traits.

I played with mods that cut the birth rate down a lot, so overpopulation wasn't an issue for me. I haven't played since Battletech came out though - which was the same day as Opportunity.