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private_messaging comments on Justifiable Erroneous Scientific Pessimism - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 May 2013 08:37PM

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Comment author: private_messaging 09 May 2013 05:43:59AM 1 point [-]

We'll just evolve for restraint not to work any more.

Comment author: gwern 09 May 2013 03:30:57PM 3 points [-]

Yes, that's the question: is the demographic transition temporary? I've brought it up before: http://lesswrong.com/lw/5dl/is_kiryas_joel_an_unhappy_place/

Comment author: [deleted] 10 May 2013 11:24:06PM 2 points [-]

(Was there a SMBC comic or something about men evolving a condom-breaking mechanism in their penis?)

Comment author: private_messaging 11 May 2013 05:09:42AM 8 points [-]

We're rapidly evolving condom-not-putting-on mechanism in the brain.