Yonatan Zunger (zunger) wrote,
Yonatan Zunger
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Two bits of science

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artists: such whores

phoebe_k

December 1 2005, 00:32:32 UTC 10 years ago

Sheesh, that article makes me glad none of my 4,000,000 partners has been an artist!

merovingian

December 1 2005, 01:04:40 UTC 10 years ago

I must now snark that "sexual success" is interpreted only as "number of sexual partners."

woody77

December 1 2005, 01:07:04 UTC 10 years ago

And they didn't ask questions about <18, either. So many interesting variables...

factitiouslj

December 1 2005, 01:41:49 UTC 10 years ago

How would you interpret it?

merovingian

December 1 2005, 01:51:51 UTC 10 years ago

I'd say that, as a general principle, "success" is only meaningful in the context of someone's set of goals.

So, for one person, "sexual success" might mean finding a spouse and having lots of kids. For another, it might mean lots of partners. For another, it might mean total abstinence. For another, it might mean seducing Morrissey.

I'd say "sexual success" would mean "getting the kind of sexual results you want."

zunger

December 1 2005, 02:42:43 UTC 10 years ago

Perhaps this study was done by gametes (or their political sympathizers). In fact, this study would suggest that they have an incentive to make us more creative over time.

woody77

December 1 2005, 01:05:00 UTC 10 years ago

So being a little insane is good for you, and global warming is bringing cold temperatures to Northern Europe.

joy...

good on the first, not so good on the second.

zunger

December 1 2005, 01:06:32 UTC 10 years ago

On the other hand, the second may lead to the first, so that's good for you.

I wonder if the conclusions of the first apply in post-apocalyptic wasteland environments.

woody77

December 1 2005, 01:10:46 UTC 10 years ago

Well, what else do you have to do through near-constant darkness and massively cold winters... Huddled up with one (or a few) willing body/ies doesn't sound like a bad plan.

I think it depends on the type of post-apocalyptic wasteland environment. The desert kind (mad max), or the winter type (12 monkeys). Of course, that might change from season to season, too.

zorbathut

December 1 2005, 11:56:22 UTC 10 years ago

I think I have a counterexample to that first article. :P

efng

December 1 2005, 13:08:11 UTC 10 years ago

I think clearly the first is MUCH more important than the second.

blah blah Europe blah blah Freezing blahblah dead.

Now, about being creative.....