[ExI] 'Survival of the fittest' ??

[William Flynn Wallace]

Enlighten me. Just who is preventing women from tubal ligations?  Fifty
years ago my wife had to sign a form for me to get a vasectomy. So I
thought women had the same options - guess not.  bill w

On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 8:07 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Why in our day and age would we need to resort to the aspirin method.
> Surely straight men enjoy sex, why prevent straight women from enjoying sex
> too. And besides, if they don’t have sex until they die, so they can avoid
> pregnancy, I think that will make a lot of women unhappy. Sex provides
> intimacy, and we should take that away because why? Because we don’t want
> to let women tie their tubes.
>
> And yes, having tubes tied is very difficult. They expect you to have two
> children, be married, and have your husband’s written consent in some
> places. Even in cases where accidentally getting pregnant might kill a
> woman.
>
> As people who want to upload and/or augment our physical bodies, why is
> tubal ligation any big deal?
>
> SR Ballard
>
> On Jan 11, 2020, at 6:33 PM, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 4:26 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> There are those who put up convincing lies on the Web, with much
>> enthusiasm - and a fair number with what can be accurately termed malicious
>> intent.  How would the public know which advice to trust?
>>
>> And just how is that different from now, like in the area of nutrition?
>> Would you keep genetic knowledge secret?
>>
>
> Not what I was talking about.  You suggested just posting stuff without
> need for doctors; I pointed out the need for some sort of certification the
> public can trust (such as some accredited institution saying "this person
> is a doctor").
>
>
>> Aspirin - are there genes for humor, spoilsport?
>>
>
> Poe's Law.  I couldn't tell if you were being serious; I have seen people
> post suggestions that naive and be completely serious about them.
>
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