Vaniver comments on What is moral foundation theory good for? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 13 August 2012 06:20:05PM *  6 points [-]

Even if serial means "one night at a time", so long as each man is only going home with one woman per night, there will still be an equal number of unattached women and men.

If all people were forced to be copulating at all times then your conclusion regarding equal access would follow. An acceptable weirdtopia!

All people being obliged to copulate at, and only at, specific times would also lead to the conclusion. A less acceptable weirdtopia.

As it happens it is possible for some males with exceptional attractiveness, skills and motivation to mate with a different female every day while some females do not mate every day. This allows for the possibility that there is not equal access to mates among all members of the population in question.

Comment author: Vaniver 13 August 2012 09:01:16PM 1 point [-]

mate with a different male every day

Typo?

Comment author: wedrifid 13 August 2012 09:05:20PM 2 points [-]

Typo?

Well, I suppose if we take that into account there is arbitrary amounts of access for everyone if they look hard enough.