Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Analyzing Evil: Francis Dolarhyde From Red Dragon" video.
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@CAMSLAYER13 On the genetic level, life is trying to propagate itself, that is true. Hence why I refer to life as a slow and ongoing chemical reaction.
But at the same time, if you want to critically analyze lifeforms and behaviour you have to be able to make a distinction between how genes operate and how organisms and their behaviour operate.
As humans who study our own biological mechanisms we know that sex is the mechanism of procreation.
But on the instinctual level, we don't. Because the part of our brain anatomy that handle instincts do not contain the necessary anatomy of awareness or reasoning.
Our instincts are essentially blind to the concept of cause and effect.
However our instincts have evolved genetically to manifest in such a way that increase the likelyhood of procreation.
For example: if sex didn't include the hormonal rewards that it currently has, then in all likelyhood, humans wouldn't have as much sex as they do and procreation would decrease, possibly leading to extinction.
So sexual pleasure is one avenue of evolution that promotes procreation.
So, out of the majority of times the individual engage in sex, they're not thinking "i'm going to procreate now". They're thinking "this feels good, so I want it. And i want more of it later".
This can also be proven by sexual practices of humans since there's many examples of were a sexual practice couldn't possibly lead to procreation. Like fondling, oral sex, anal sex, homosexual intercourse and so on.
So if sex in humans was solely devoted to procreation, then homosexuality wouldn't exist. And heterosexuality would only involve vaginal penetration and nothing else to maximize the chances of conception.
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