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

[adaptively.livejournal.com]

"Idiocracy" was funny. The pervasive (among geeks and goons, most of all) idea that it's MY DUTY to breed a better species is terrifying.

How did people make that leap, anyway? That's like saying, "Anchorman" was funny, so nobody should ever drink milk. (MILK WAS A BAD CHOICE!)

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll tell you the trend I've noticed: people I know who have fornmally studied biology and/or psychology did not make that leap (and frequently got annoyed at/confused by people who did). It's almost like those who are more interested in how people work than in how computers work don't fall into that particular trap. . .