What is it that makes us human? Our powers of reason? Our recognition of our own mortality? Our ability to invent things like the computer and the Pringles potato chip? Or is it something more prosaic, such as our ability to masturbate frequently? According to the article, no other species possesses the ability to conjure up mental dirty movies as a tool to facilitate self-pleasure.The author then goes on to say that the ubiquitous nature of Internet porn may have long-term consequences for the vibrancy of our erotic imaginations. Nonsense. Like any American guy in his mid-thirties, I’ve seen my fair share of porn. But I’m still quite capable of closing my eyes and dreaming up a wholly original scenario involving me and a very lonely librarian. And if she happens to slightly resemble Shyla Stylez, that’s just my inner director making a casting decision.
