From: natashavita@earthlink.net
Date: Mon Aug 19 2002 - 10:27:28 MDT
From: Harvey Newstrom:
>On Sunday, August 18, 2002, at 02:05 am, Extropian Agro Forestry
>Ventures Inc. wrote:
>>When reproduction becomes an evolutionary artifact what might become the
>>function of sex?
>No change. It will be for entertainment, the same as it is today. When
>we compare the number of non-reproductive sexual encounters with the
>number of reproductive sexual encounters, it is ludicrous to pretend
>that the primary purpose of sex is reproduction.
Good point Harvey. I'd like to add that it will not be merely for
entertainment, but also for enhanced use of thinking modalities, such as
creative problem solving (if we redirect simulation for a mental erection
and a creative orgasm). -:)
Argo Forestry - Here's my 1997 essay on the topic.
http://www.natasha.cc/sex.htm
Natasha
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