infotropism comments on Closet survey #1 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 March 2009 12:15:19AM 10 points [-]

Anecdotal: I don't remember having the slightest concept of sexual interest in anything before puberty.

Anyone got trustworthy better data, go ahead (but we have reason to suspect political interference, which is why I go so far as to cite my own anecdotal memory).

Comment author: infotropism 15 March 2009 12:23:12AM 11 points [-]

Maybe no interest in anything in particular, but what of the sexual gratification itself ? Children do masturbate, it's a known fact. Though maybe it's not universal. But the brain-specific hardware seems to be in place already at any rate.

http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/pa/pa_bmasturb_hhg.htm