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"Forecast: Sex and Marriage with Robots by 2050"

i'm sorry... i didn't hear that last bit... i had a bit of CRAZY in my ear!
what? WHAT?!?

listen, this article is quite lengthy and takes itself way too seriously but it's worth a read just to get a feel for the sheer ridiculousness of what these people are proposing... and they DO put forth some interesting things to think about.

in particular, my favourite (well, i'm not sure that's the right word but it'll do...) part is where they're suggesting they give kiddie robots to pedophiles... oh yeah and when they talk about who might most benefit from relationships with robots: people who "have psychological problems, or are just plain ugly or have unpleasant personalities"

and OH YEAH! the part where they've actually predicting the first state to legalize human-robot marriage. massachusetts! because they are "more liberal than other jurisdictions [...] and have been at the forefront of same-sex marriage" and because "there's also a lot of high-tech research there at places like MIT." that's right, the gays and the nerds leading the way...

but if you're not into all that reading, there is a link to a bunch of quizzes starting with one entitled "The Sex Quiz: Myths, Taboos, and Bizarre Facts" but there are also other quizzes you can go through about natural disasters, the human body, and right on down to the titanic. that's how i spent my morning today - expanding my (apparently) pea-sized brain.