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A friend hypothesized coming up with a 'reverse doomsday clock', which would count down to the estimated time when virtual sex would that much more satisfying t
by mikk0j 14y ago
A friend hypothesized coming up with a 'reverse doomsday clock', which would count down to the estimated time when virtual sex would that much more satisfying than real sex that the species would stop reproducing. It's ticking down.
- sneak 14y agoNo, it's not.
- jgrahamc 14y agoHas your friend had sex? Being less pejorative. Imagine that that scenario comes about. It would not mean an end to reproduction. People reproduce out of the desire to reproduce, not the desire to have sex.
- gillianseed 14y agoIs 'your friend' a virgin by any chance? It does sound like 'wishful thinking' more than a realistic proposition. The idea strikes me as something only someone never having had a sexual relationship with someone they love could ever come up with, as I dare say the emotional connection between two persons having sex vastly outmatches any physical expertise when it comes to the satisfaction one gets from the act. 'Virtual sex' could never replace that, at best it could perhaps eradicate the need for prostitution. Also it's not as if people having kids is just a by-product of having great sex ending in a contraception malfunction. People in general want kids, even turning to artificial insemination or adoption should they need to. Why would this change in the extremely hypothetical situation of virtual sex being more satisying than real sex?
- icebraining 14y agoParent just said 'virtual sex', not 'virtual sex with strangers'. It could provide a better experience with the same person you already share a deep emotional connection with.
- saturdaysaint 14y agoAt best it could perhaps eradicate the need for prostitution As silly as the parent posts' hypothesis is, this is actually an interesting speculation. You don't need to go too sci-fi to imagine a point where the quality and ease of video chat outweighs the risks of a lot of riskier sexual behaviors. Heh, as distasteful as ChatRoulette could be, I wonder if it's a portent of an actual positive change.
- stcredzero 14y agoWell, Japan's birthrate and rates of marriage are falling, while "dating sims" are popular enough to warrant their own manga and anime series.
- tomjen3 14y agoThere are properly tens of thousands of people alive today who are born only because their parents didn't adequately protect themselves.
- GFischer 14y agoYou're probably underestimating the number by an order of magnitude or two :)
- tomjen3 14y agoEven allowing for the increased benefit for emotional sex, the question will quickly become, do I stay home tonight and am certain to get good sex with a hot (but perhaps virtual) chick or do I go out and try to find a real partner?
- visarg 14y agoYou have no idea how intense is the desire of women aged 25-35 to have children. It's like a fever. If they have problems, they do all sorts of dangerous therapies in order to get pregnant.
- dscrd 14y agoAnd the sad part is that none of this will help the overpopulation problem, since those who have access to virtual sex will also be the ones who are not contributing to the problem so much.