Wherein I give props to xkcd

[brynndragon]

Thank you xkcd for talking about an idea which I was willing to suspend disbelief for in order to have a laugh but have heard people actually spout as if it reflected reality. You see, in order to believe that premise you have to sincerely believe that smart people never ever do stupid things when it comes to sex. If you have such a belief, you clearly don't know any smart people (at least, you don't know them well enough ;P).

Comments

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

OMG actual information! Thank you for throwing expertise onto the flames of speculation before they burned way the hell out of control. I was in this awkward space between having a sufficient understanding of evolution to know that devolution doesn't actually happen and not having the specific information that would both contextualize that knowledge and give it some credibility with people who aren't biologists/psychologists (humanologists ;P).