Why Is the Penis Shaped LIke That? And Other Reflections on Being Human [LIVE]

Big Think's Megan Erickson talks with Jesse Bering, a scholar-in-residence at Wells College, a columnist at scientificamerican.com, and contributor to Slate about belief, the evolutionary quirks of the human body, and the larger insights found in biology. Jesse is the author of Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? And Other Reflections on Being Human and The Belief Instinct.

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[Lonewolf7303]

Take a drink every time you hear penis.

[Chris Heald]

Question...If the male penis is designed to actually draw another man's semen out of the canal, what does that say about how much sex women are meant to have? To have a function like that associated with the penis would mean to me on the flip side that women are meant to have lots of competitive sex with multiple partners, doesn't it?

[Tullerman]

well, if a guy have sex with a lot of women it is, so I think it should be.

It would be better for everyone

[Ritcherscream724]

So does that mean "slut" is actually a compliment? ;)

[3waybar]

Disregarding these ( and similar ) interconnections, often leads to workable Scientific formula. You trade a deeper understanding, for "semi-deterministic" math.

In this regard, the Scientist is forced, to claim himself a "logical primer", to be able to say "anything at all". So, my question is consequently, - Who is really lacking a "free will" ?

[3waybar]

It's important to understand, that the claim "you have no free will" requires a logical primer ( an unquestionable, initial source ) to be provable. Or, in the least an entity, that is vastly superior in observation and calculating power, such as a human versus a honey bee. The latter being 99% governed by reflex, even if it's a part of vastly complicated surroundings ( nature ) that are always tied to any source ( humans ) and the planet as a whole.

[3waybar]

FREE WILL. So this "Scientist" claims that Science proves, that I have no "free will". Well. That means, that the Scientist claiming that, also has no free will. And, if no one has any free will, what is the meaning to say to someone else ? - "You have no free will". The whole statement becomes redundant, along with every initial source, since everyone knows "the truth", even before speaking. Assuming we are equal, that we understand the limits of language, and neither of us is a honey bee.

[3waybar]

yes, and that goes for the male too

[scarletovergods]

I'm eating here!

[dY5FUNCT10N4L]

Way to go over board on a moderatly amusing joke... 

[In2hardcore]

Why Is the Penis Shaped liike That? So your hand doesn't slip off.