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larvatus ([personal profile] larvatus) wrote2008-05-04 08:51 pm

does sex have a purpose?

Some answers are attempted here.

[identity profile] larvatus.livejournal.com 2008-05-06 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
It’s all true though.

Maybe even the part about sneaky cocksuckers.

But my bet is on pathogenesis.

[identity profile] force-of-will.livejournal.com 2008-05-06 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure what you mean here by, "It's all true".

If Dawkin's is correct homosexuality has the purpose ultimately of procreation.

If it is a pathogenic disease, then it has no purpose whatsoever for the individual human, but could likely be the transmission means of the pathogen.

From an evolutionary standpoint, sex always has a certain purpose. Mix and spread the genetic material.

The synchronous moment is that I was just reading about, The Screwfly Solution where an alien race plants a disease in humanity that makes men homicidal towards women. The purpose is so they can take over the planet.

[identity profile] larvatus.livejournal.com 2008-05-06 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
If Dawkins’ conjectures about sneaky queers are correct, deception of alpha males is the primary evolutionary purpose of homosexuality. But I am not sure about the conditions under which just-so stories can come out as correct. The main virtue of Cochran’s theory of pathogenesis is its capacity for empirical confirmation.