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Originally Posted by MMM
Two individuals may not want to make a baby, but the human species wants to procreate. Again, why do you think the act is pleasurable?
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No one here is arguing against this, missmisa even said that is why sex is pleasurable.
The point is people don't go out and have sex just to make a baby, they have sex because they like it, and the by product is a baby, which is how the selfish gene has evolved itself! I think at least that is one thing we can agree on, but it has little to no relevance as to whether it is best for blood-relatives to spend all their time at home raising young children.
It was brought up by you to show that instinct is still around and we are still controlled by it, I think to somehow counter my point that we work intelligently now and are less ruled by some kind of "protect our own nest/gene" instinct making a Child's best place under the wing of protective mother bird 24/7.
Even the cuckoo learnt it is better to let her children be raised by another bird if they will get some benefit from it.