Book Review
Book name: Modern Biological theory and experiments on Celibacy: Brahmacharya under microscope
Hello,
This book is for anyone who has ever desired to understand the science behind the philosophy of celibacy before believing in it...
First, let me introduce myself. I am Jatin Shankar, an Indian College Student interested in Physics and mathematics. But the Physics and math comes after life, and I want to understand life. For this reason, I like studying biolofical research papers in my free time.
I got interested in Celibacy when I discovered that our Biological understanding of world was pointing towards it!
I have written a book on this topic. Hope you will find it interesting...!
Hello, I recently read your book which I found very thought provoking. I would call it Biological Economics. I 'm not sure if this is the right place to start this conversation but I ll go with it:
ReplyDelete1) You say that these is an inverse relationship between repair (youthfulness) and reproductive vigor/sexual power. A trade-off, but I think the definition of reproductive vigor is unclear. I can think of the following interpretations:
NAO: number of actual offspring
AT: Attractiveness / secondary sexual characteristics
FE: Fertility
and also define
REPAIR: Youthfulness/ability to repair
SFP: A sexual act done only for pleasure, but a failure in terms of reproductiion
So assuming the standard contraceptive mindset (that leads to multiple SFPs), it is not like
people will tend to have high NAO, regardless of being celibate or not.
In the modern world, most people tend to have at most < 5 children.
So celibates (except for reproduction purpose) do not have lower NAO.
The trade of is more like REPAIR vs temporary pleasure.
Regarding AT, many people actually report increased attractiveness when celibate.
That would mean that celibates have higher (potential) sexual power,
if they want to use it. So, could people that are living the SFP lifestyle have an advantage?
Yes, with a contradicting theory. If SFPs promote aging, someone could use them as a hack to show
to the world that he is more mature (aged/experienced) than what he
actually is. It is a trick however, because it is not actual reproductive
success but lazy SFPs that cause the aging. Members of the other sex will interpret the aged condition as high NAO when in fact it is only SFPs.
Yet, the reports of celibates show that maybe members of the opposite sex are
intelligent enough to understand that not all aging is due to previous reproductive success. So far, celibates vs non celibates have a draw in terms of NOA. And celibates seem to be winning on AT. I have not much to say about FE, but I 've even heard that celibacy may increase it.
So what would "reproductive vigor" mean in the age of contraception? It is NOA, AT, FE, all something else? It is not like non-celibates end up with 20 kids anyway.
2) How do wet dreams fit in your theory? If by "sexual vigor" you mean fertility, is it an attempt of the body to keep up this vigor?
3) If by "sexual vigor" you mean AT, how can the individual choose between REPAIR and AT?
Could it be a simple as auto-suggestion? E.g. dwelling on thoughts
"I will live for long" versus "I need to become more attractive" could change the way energy is utilized?
4) You consider that the base mortality rate (regardless of aging) is fixed for all.
In addition to decreased aging, I think that a celibate can also optimize the non-aging related hazards as well e.g. by moving to a safer country with less crime, increasing financial power etc.