I went to the Pacific Science Center’s monthly Science with a Twist nerdfest today. $15 gets you a free drink, a bunch of food and chocolate, a chance to run around a children-sized museum, a lecture on the evolutionary aspects of pairbonding, and a nausea-inducing KISS laser show. Sweet.
The lecture on pairbonding was the most interesting part. Apparently men go into hormonal cycles that synchronize with the women they’re living with. I disagreed with the researcher’s conclusions (he begins from the assumption that monogamy is a cross-cultural human trait – dubious, to say the least) but it was fascinating data.
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So you don’t think people are naturally monogamous?
Niels,
From my experience watching people in relationships (and from being in relationships for the greater part of my adults life), monogamy appears more-or-less wired into roughly half the population, while the other half is apparently unable from “cheating” in some way, shape or form. Which is socially unacceptable, of course, but certainly widens the gene pool.
I could probably write a book on just this topic alone. Maybe later.
Cameron – Sexual dimorphism, genetics, history, etc make it clear that humans are not naturally monogamous. We do, however, have the unique privilege of deciding whether to listen to those instincts. Smallpox is natural. Vaccines aren’t. I’m still pro-vaccination, though.
happy birthday niels!!
today’s a great day because we got snow in georgia.
and its your birthday.
and that makes me smile.
like this
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Heyy, I hope you had a good birthday Niels!
Have you got any pictures of it to put on here?
Heyy niels =)
Hope you had a great birthday…
Me and my friend sang happy Birthday for you
:)
Byeeee