Why breasts (safe for work)

[Nowhere]

http://www.staff.newcastle.ac.uk/nikolas.lloyd/evolve/breasts.html

Reading now...and it's a real proof of human intelect when some scientists can disguise this as "work"


Few fun quotes:

"In peacocks, the males are the pretty ones. In humans, somehow this is reversed: women are the pretty ones, and men are all astonishingly ugly."

"Non-lactating breasts are like nuclear missiles – we only need them or want them because other people have them."

"In short, breasts were once a turn-off, not a turn-on." ( )

"Women are humans, despite what many male observers may tell you, and humans are different from the rest of beasts in many ways."

[TnT]

Interesting read. Sexual selection is a pretty cool topic.

In short, females have few, high-resource reproductive cells (eggs), while males have lots of "cheap" cells (sperm). The goal of the female is to choose the right mate, while the goal of the male is to get as much sperm out there as possible. Thus, males need to be showy to give the female a reason to choose him.

Things get wacky when sexual race comes into play with trickery and/or extreme features.

[Claymonkey]

Science=Sexy

Seriously, it's good to see well thought out reasons for why we are the way we are. That doesn't change the fact that logic often doesn't equal women (no offense to the women here... just saying)

[Umfriend]

I'd prefer a NSFW version

[TnT]

I'd prefer a NSFW version

Visualizations help every presentation!

[Jon P. Inghram]

In the placebo article:

If you hypnotise someone, and tell them that an unlit candle in front of them is in fact lit, then when you tell them to hold their finger in the “flame”, they will, remarkably enough, develop a blister. They have not sustained any burning damage. The blister which appears after a real burn, one can conclude, is not caused by the burning damage, but is instead the body’s response to perceived burning.

Umm... ok....

[az]

Correct. Dead bodies don't develop blisters (or even reddening, I think).

[KvHagedorn]

Correct. Dead bodies don't develop blisters (or even reddening, I think).

The absence of thought is not the only consequence of death, which your statement seems to presume. Blood will not flow.. antibodies will not attack bacteria. Injuries will not be repaired. The reddening that occurs when heat is applied to a spot on a live person's skin is a result of blood flow.

[schmosef]

I'd prefer a NSFW version

That's the most intelligent quip I've read/heard all day.

[az]

Schmosef, are we fraternizing?

[schmosef]

Schmosef, are we fraternizing?

just calling it like i see it.

[az]

You seem to be agreeing with the enemy a lot recently.

[KvHagedorn]

So how is umf the enemy? What have I missed here?

[az]

So, Schmosef's enemy is your enemy, too?

[lowlifecat]

the real enemy are the squirrels! don't underestimate those nutty rodents.