Sam doesn't dispute that. The thing is: you don't need to think God is watching you from the sky to get those benefits. You can just listen to your unconscious and to mithology.
This is the book club chat, not the circumcision one 🙊
But as you're here, evolution tolerates plenty of "design flaws" including the inherent danger to mother and child of pregnancy and childbirth. I mean, are you kidding me?
Whether a physiological characteristic (like childbirth) is purely a flaw. I imagine a great number of variables contributed to developing each characteristic. Perhaps carrying the child in the womb is necessary due to the especially long time we take to grow. It may also be more effective in protecting the baby in a nomadic tribe group context, as opposed to laying eggs. Idk 🧐
Ah. To explain, I was replying to Tom's citation of a quote by Dr Guest that says: gosh my penis is so damn perfect and it is literally the most important thing on this planet. (I paraphrase).
