lalaithion comments on 2014 Survey Results - Less Wrong

87 Post author: Yvain 05 January 2015 07:36PM

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Comment author: alienist 08 January 2015 05:32:05AM *  7 points [-]

Well, it's possible the asexuals got that way from accepting that they were never going to have sex.

Also smart people are more likely to take ideas seriously, including the idea prevalent in many social circles that having a sex drive is evil. See Scott Aaronson's recent comment about how he once begged to be chemically castrated.

Comment author: lalaithion 08 January 2015 09:38:36AM -1 points [-]

I think that, while it is indeed possible for asexuality to arise that way, most evidence seems to point away from that conclusion....