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A comment on The Demographic Future of Humanity: Facts and Consequences [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:The Demographic Future of Humanity: Facts and Consequence... by spauldo on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @06:25PM (#44882493)
This is a strange take.

Sex is - barring IVF - required for procreation. But saying that sex has a purpose implies a creator. And once you require a creator then you're off in the land of theology and biological studies take a back seat.

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Re:The Demographic Future of Humanity: Facts and Consequence... by mensetmanusman on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @07:39PM (#44883046)
This is a strange take, evolution resulted in sex as the means to creating the next set of offspring.
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Re:The Demographic Future of Humanity: Facts and Consequence... by spauldo on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @08:59PM (#44883540)
Evolution is a process. It can't assign a purpose to anything, because "purpose" doesn't exist outside the minds of people, similar to "justice" and "hope."

The "purpose" of sex is whatever we choose it to be.

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Re:The Demographic Future of Humanity: Facts and Consequence... by mensetmanusman on Thursday August 14, 2025 @11:22PM (#44908297)
The purpose of bird wings is to salute to their superiors.
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