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Indeed. I'll believe many things will change as cultures shift and fashions come and go but the idea young people are no longer interested in sex would fall in

Indeed. I'll believe many things will change as cultures shift and fashions come and go but the idea young people are no longer interested in sex would fall into the category of extraordinary claims thus requiring extraordinary evidence. Cordelia: So does looking at guns really make girls wanna have sex? That's scary. Xander: Yeah, I guess. Cordelia: Well, does looking at guns make you wanna have sex? Xander: I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me wanna have sex. [from Buffy the Vampire Slayer obv.] I don't think that conversation will ever not ring true.

Ygg2 12y ago
Even if somehow technology led to celibacy, the fact that people that embrace technology leave no descendants, will give selection pressure to Luddites. Summary: if everyone is boning robots and not having children, then people that don't bone robots will become most numerous. Note: this is all of course assuming that children can be given birth only via non-technological means.
bjourne 12y ago
There is some studies that seem to indicate declining interest in sex. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/wellness/dating/story/2011/03/more-hookups-on-campuses-but-more-virgins-too/45556388/1 http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/wellness/dating/s... The percentage of those who claim virginity appears to be increasing, according to a National Center for Health Statistics study released this month of 2006-08 data. Among 18- and 19-year-olds, about one-quarter of men and women said they hadn't had sexual contact with another person, up from 17% of women and 22% of men in 2002. Among those ages 20-24, 12% of women and 13% of men said they were virgins, up from 8% for both sexes in 2002. It's fairly weak evidence so far. Never the less, I wouldn't dismiss the idea that the kids might someday find something more captivating than sex.
- aaronem 12y ago
  Perhaps you've forgotten your own adolescence, or perhaps you were lucky enough not to have trouble finding interested partners. But I feel it necessary to point out that, especially among teenagers, "never been laid" does not at all imply "doesn't want to be laid". (I'd have thought this trivially obvious to anyone over the age of say twelve, but...)
  - bjourne 12y ago
    No reason to assume everyone works like you. My teen years was spent busily writing code and I had no interest in sex or the opposite gender. It's not implausible that the fraction of the population working like me could increase over time.
    - aaronem 12y ago
      I spent plenty of time writing code in my teenage years, too. They're hardly mutually exclusive.
- Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
  > Among 18- and 19-year-olds, about one-quarter of men and women said they hadn't had sexual contact with another person, up from 17% of women and 22% of men in 2002. For much of my teenage years I didn't have sexual contact with another person but I can assure you it wasn't down to a lack of interest. >Among those ages 20-24, 12% of women and 13% of men said they were virgins, up from 8% for both sexes in 2002. Ditto.

Ygg2 12y ago

Even if somehow technology led to celibacy, the fact that people that embrace technology leave no descendants, will give selection pressure to Luddites. Summary: if everyone is boning robots and not having children, then people that don't bone robots will become most numerous. Note: this is all of course assuming that children can be given birth only via non-technological means.

bjourne 12y ago

There is some studies that seem to indicate declining interest in sex. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/wellness/dating/story/2011/03/more-hookups-on-campuses-but-more-virgins-too/45556388/1 http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/wellness/dating/s... The percentage of those who claim virginity appears to be increasing, according to a National Center for Health Statistics study released this month of 2006-08 data. Among 18- and 19-year-olds, about one-quarter of men and women said they hadn't had sexual contact with another person, up from 17% of women and 22% of men in 2002. Among those ages 20-24, 12% of women and 13% of men said they were virgins, up from 8% for both sexes in 2002. It's fairly weak evidence so far. Never the less, I wouldn't dismiss the idea that the kids might someday find something more captivating than sex.

aaronem 12y ago
Perhaps you've forgotten your own adolescence, or perhaps you were lucky enough not to have trouble finding interested partners. But I feel it necessary to point out that, especially among teenagers, "never been laid" does not at all imply "doesn't want to be laid". (I'd have thought this trivially obvious to anyone over the age of say twelve, but...)
- bjourne 12y ago
  No reason to assume everyone works like you. My teen years was spent busily writing code and I had no interest in sex or the opposite gender. It's not implausible that the fraction of the population working like me could increase over time.
  - aaronem 12y ago
    I spent plenty of time writing code in my teenage years, too. They're hardly mutually exclusive.
Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
> Among 18- and 19-year-olds, about one-quarter of men and women said they hadn't had sexual contact with another person, up from 17% of women and 22% of men in 2002. For much of my teenage years I didn't have sexual contact with another person but I can assure you it wasn't down to a lack of interest. >Among those ages 20-24, 12% of women and 13% of men said they were virgins, up from 8% for both sexes in 2002. Ditto.