Okcupid is claiming that iphone users have more sex (see here), a closer look at the data they are presenting reveals a fairly fatal assumption in their analysis. They have assumed that more partners equals more sex. If you look at the articles attached previous posts (here and here) better sex is not related to quantity or diversity but quality of relationship. If it is quality of relationship that creates the best sex, then as they have on average more partners, iphone users have the most unstable relationships and hence the worst sex.
There you go, with a small shift in assumptions there are good statistical reasons to avoid an iphone.
Who would have thought that the choice of phone could change you life that much?
My mate Kamal has got a full article in the paper today! Check it out here.
Goodwork Kamal!
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Yes, my old friend from school, Kamal, who is a Presbyterian minister in Western Sydney, has been lecturing with his mum in Melbourne in the last week. Great to see you made the news Kamal!
Here is a great article from The Age that faces some of the awkward parts of the Christmas story.
Kamal is a good friend of mine and has put together this great article on Christian dating and romance. Although he has never had a girlfriend he co-wrote it with his mum, who is a sexologist. Check it out here.
Here is an old article from The Sunday Age on sex amongst youth today.
It seems that people are generally staying un-married much longer and being more promiscuous, although it is far from a universal thing.
Personally, I got married at 20 so I don’t fit this pattern at all, and find myself younger than many parents, though often by 5-10 years. We had our eldest son when we were 25.
I have heard it said that it is prudent, for the sake of mission to put off getting married and having kids so that you can evangelise to your peers. To some extent this is true, as you are married and not in the same life stage as your peers you do find there is more and more distance that you must work to overcome to maintain the relationships.
Yet I would also say that being married does not really prevent this provided you are actively hospitable. Kids on the other hand do dramatically change what you can and can’t do. However kids are a great blessing from God and ought to be welcomed whenever they come. Life-stage changes can often make some relationships harder but also bring many new opportunities. To be concerned about how life-changes may change your broader relationships seems to be like trying to stop people aging. It is inevitable, yet our culture often seems to want to pretend these changes are not going to come.
In the bigger picture, it is necessary for Christians to exist in a counter-culture to the continually evolving ‘sexually liberated’ segment of our culture. The shock value, and also the gossip value, of this culture means that it will continue to be in the media, and often not spoken of in Church circles. Churches can not afford to ignore this, or simply avoid teaching on such things. If we are to address the brokenness and injustice that is often the result of this sort of behaviour we must be articulate and clear on human sexuality, and why the Christian approach to it is better.
I am profoundly convinced that God has our best in mind when he created the institution of marriage and if we want the best sex we may need to listen to the maker’s instructions first. Personally I don’t have a good track record with reading instructions, but if something is valuable enough I might take the time to do it.
The upshot is, if you start talking about sex, most of the time you get people’s attention.
Okcupid is claiming that iphone users have more sex (see here), a closer look at the data they are presenting reveals a fairly fatal assumption in their analysis. They have assumed that more partners equals more sex. If you look at the articles attached previous posts (here and here) better sex is not related to quantity or diversity but quality of relationship. If it is quality of relationship that creates the best sex, then as they have on average more partners, iphone users have the most unstable relationships and hence the worst sex.
