Of course. It has been a constant topic of geek conversation ever since Dawkins's seminal work: "Spanking the monkey: masturbation's role in evolution". Subseq

Of course. It has been a constant topic of geek conversation ever since Dawkins's seminal work: "Spanking the monkey: masturbation's role in evolution". Subsequently rms retorted that only Free animals masturbate, while Linus weighed saying the ideals of masturbation didn't matter, just the pragmatism of cranking one off to avoid blue balls. Edit: whoa there is a strange suicidal gene in this post's ancestry. I was replying comment on whether http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=708679 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=708679 was relevant