I really like this format of being an oblivious or offended victim to sidestep the NPC's defenses.
Edit: I'm mostly interested in the red pill deployment strategy here and in shaming the promiscuity out of the general population so K-type reproductive strategies have a better chance at preserving and creating good genetic combinations without being over-run as readily by R-types. Myths can be effective at doing that. Even if one knows the myth is a myth, if one believes that other people believe it, it will still have an effect.
The validity or lack thereof is still important. I have not delved into this enough to know whether it is or isn't true. So take that part with a grain of salt (or look into it and share your findings).
Impact Summary: The resemblance of offspring to their parents is generally attributed to the contribution of genes packaged in sperm and eggs. However, there is increasing evidence that the environment experienced by parents can also influence the behavior, morphology, and physiology of their offspring. The mechanisms underlying these nongenetic effects are slowly being uncovered.
In this study, we asked whether the seminal fluid in ejaculates could affect the survival and performance of offspring. We allowed female crickets to mate with both a normal sperm donating male and a castrated male that transferred only seminal fluid. We found that seminal fluid donors had a strong and significant effect on the survival of offspring but not on adult offspring size or reproductive capacity.
The nongenetic paternal effect of seminal fluid donors on offspring survival was sufficient to account for previous estimates of genetic variance in this important fitness trait. Paternal effects have important implications for our understanding of evolutionary processes. Our findings cast doubt on traditional breeding designs aimed at estimating the genetic effects of fathers on offspring, and challenge our views on the nature of inheritance.
SunDriedjews 6 points 1.3 years ago
Nongenetic paternal effects via seminal fluid
Impact Summary: The resemblance of offspring to their parents is generally attributed to the contribution of genes packaged in sperm and eggs. However, there is increasing evidence that the environment experienced by parents can also influence the behavior, morphology, and physiology of their offspring. The mechanisms underlying these nongenetic effects are slowly being uncovered.
In this study, we asked whether the seminal fluid in ejaculates could affect the survival and performance of offspring. We allowed female crickets to mate with both a normal sperm donating male and a castrated male that transferred only seminal fluid. We found that seminal fluid donors had a strong and significant effect on the survival of offspring but not on adult offspring size or reproductive capacity.
The nongenetic paternal effect of seminal fluid donors on offspring survival was sufficient to account for previous estimates of genetic variance in this important fitness trait. Paternal effects have important implications for our understanding of evolutionary processes. Our findings cast doubt on traditional breeding designs aimed at estimating the genetic effects of fathers on offspring, and challenge our views on the nature of inheritance.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6675144/