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Jayson_Virissimo comments on Open Thread, May 5 - 11, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 11 May 2014 10:36:54PM 1 point [-]

Evolutionary speaking, that's sufficient because birth control is a recent invention.

I'm not convinced that's true. I believe something resembling condoms, made of cotton or animal intestine, goes as far back as ancient Egypt.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 12 May 2014 01:50:36AM 3 points [-]

Avicenna's medical encyclopedia (available in Europe starting in the High Middle Ages) lists dozens of birth control methods, many of which probably even "worked".