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nec4b
on Jan 22, 2023
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Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past
No. Most of population has the desire for sex which leads procreation. It worked until we discovered contraception.
majewsky
on Jan 22, 2023
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Contraception is also available to people descended from very fertile parents, so again, the evolutionary argument does not hold.
nec4b
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Of course it holds. Desire for sex was what was under evolutionary pressure which was a direct proxy for procreation. Because of contraception this link was severed. Only recently procreation is under evolutionary pressure.
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