Think of it this way; you are beating billions of years of evolution every time you use a condom.
I used to think this, but I'm not so sure any more. Isn't it just a more specific version of "you are beating billions of years of evolution every time you see a women you don't want to have sex with"?
I wouldn't be surprised if evolution and condom use can be seen to fit togething in an interesting and compatible way.
>>>I wouldn't be surprised if evolution and condom use can be seen to fit togething in an interesting and compatible way.<<<
Most of my ideas on evolution have been shaped by Richard Dawkins. If you've read his books then you probably know what is coming.
His proposal to look at evolution from the gene point of view is something that is simple and logical to me. He points out that individuals are temporary collections of genes, and it is these genes that play games with us not the other way around. I love it how he puts; we are survival machines built by our genes.
However, for some reason some of those machines have developed this ability to talk to one another over things they have created. They seem to be able to reflect upon their own decisions and instincts in order to improve their response to the environment. There is no doubt that the gene/s that enable this became wildly successful in the gene pool. So, in a quirky way we have this ability given to us by genes that prevent us from carrying out the sole purpose of our existence to those genes; replication.
On the other hand we can argue for the-men/women-you-don't-have-sex-with example by pointing out that each time we mate there is a finite cost attached to it, and in order for the genes to be propagated most efficiently we have to take that into account. To a gene what is the use of having 30 descendants if none of them live long enough to reproduce?
What I am trying to say is that we aren't governed by our gene programming to the extent suggested in pop-culture. The genes themselves have given us a backdoor, and we exploit that backdoor a lot. It is an extremely strange recursion that boggles my mind.
So, at the end, yeah, you are right. There is nothing for which we can be 100% sure, but you have to admit this is a fun game. ;)
I used to think this, but I'm not so sure any more. Isn't it just a more specific version of "you are beating billions of years of evolution every time you see a women you don't want to have sex with"?
I wouldn't be surprised if evolution and condom use can be seen to fit togething in an interesting and compatible way.