Friday, June 24, 2005

Will men survive

I worked on the dingy by putting a board on the transom to keep the motor out of the water when it is raised at the dock and replaced the gas because it contained water. Mark called and wanted to sail for the weekend. I was going home as there was consulting work to do but decided to stay. Mark made it to SF by 10:00. Our plan was to get an early start. His wife was coming but hurt her back so stayed home.

I have been pondering the fate of men. There is new research were oogonia have been transformed into spermatogonia, the progenitors of sperm. If extended this will mean that women will not need men to have children the "natural way". This capability will mean that women will eventually dispense with men as an un-needed accessory. We will go the way of all unnecessary appendages in the progress of biological evolution. Women will be able to have mates that will talk to them, a real novelty.

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