I love your essays, Frederick! Like most people, I was not aware of the fruit fly thing. Is fruit fly sperm still the mobile gamete that penetrates the immobile female gamete? How does it work with the size difference? Boy, I wish I could be a student in your class or a (non fruit) fly on the wall when you teach.
What a cool essay! I love learning this weird stuff about us animals. I never thought about the sex in water vs land thing, but it's obvious once you point it out.
An eternal game that musicians (and others) play is "wouldn't this be a great band name?" My new favorite is: "Face Mounted Free Flying Phallus of Love." Could be a book title too...
And thank you for the epilogue, I could not agree more. I'm on Team Reason AND Team Compassion. ❤️
Yet another very interesting and informative article! I appreciate how you emphasize the importance of being understanding and compassionate to all people. This acceptance of others however doesn't mean we should abandon reality. I believe the last paragraph needs to be a public service announcement: "However, being open, kind, and accepting does not necessitate abandoning reason, turning our backs on biology, or unhinging ourselves from reality. Nor does it require us to entertain the arguments of those who do."
Excellent post.
Your articles are rare but welcomed events. You write beautifully. Thank you.
I think you're the kindest most compassionate person in the universe.
I love your essays, Frederick! Like most people, I was not aware of the fruit fly thing. Is fruit fly sperm still the mobile gamete that penetrates the immobile female gamete? How does it work with the size difference? Boy, I wish I could be a student in your class or a (non fruit) fly on the wall when you teach.
What a cool essay! I love learning this weird stuff about us animals. I never thought about the sex in water vs land thing, but it's obvious once you point it out.
An eternal game that musicians (and others) play is "wouldn't this be a great band name?" My new favorite is: "Face Mounted Free Flying Phallus of Love." Could be a book title too...
And thank you for the epilogue, I could not agree more. I'm on Team Reason AND Team Compassion. ❤️
Thanks! Even if the motivation of this piece was largely polemical, it inadvertently taught me a bunch of interesting biology tidbits.
Yet another very interesting and informative article! I appreciate how you emphasize the importance of being understanding and compassionate to all people. This acceptance of others however doesn't mean we should abandon reality. I believe the last paragraph needs to be a public service announcement: "However, being open, kind, and accepting does not necessitate abandoning reason, turning our backs on biology, or unhinging ourselves from reality. Nor does it require us to entertain the arguments of those who do."