Why does anybody—I mean why does any organism—have sex? The amount of energy we put into it is crazy. We spend billions on lipstick and hair product. About every third advertisement in any medium is for a car—one with plenty of sex appeal. We get our pants pressed, our nails done, and we work har...
I don’t buy it. Everyone is afraid of dying. It’s part of the instinct that helps us survive as a species. It’s a crucial feature of human evolution. It’s also, I strongly suspect, a crucial reason why so many people have trouble believing evolution is true. Life can be ironic like that. It doesn...