Amy Alkon

Now, I want to switch a little bit gears and talk about evolutionary psychology, because I know you have a background in that, right?

Now, I want to switch a little bit gears and talk about evolutionary psychology, because I know you have a background in that, right?

Okay. So I was trained as a biologist. Yeah. And I was trained as a biologist. And as a biologist, I had deep appreciation for evolutionary psychology. Because in biology, when you're really trained in biology, every question is answered by addressing... Every mechanism is addressed by asking oneself, what is the evolutionary advantage of this protein or this mechanism?

Okay. So I was trained as a biologist. Yeah. And I was trained as a biologist. And as a biologist, I had deep appreciation for evolutionary psychology. Because in biology, when you're really trained in biology, every question is answered by addressing... Every mechanism is addressed by asking oneself, what is the evolutionary advantage of this protein or this mechanism?

What were the evolutionary forces that caused it to evolve? Of course the brain is under the same influences. Of course. It could not be otherwise. It could not be otherwise. I can't underline that enough. And so guys like, what's the guy up in Washington? David, I always want to call him Hume. You know what I'm talking about? A famous evolutionary psychologist up there.

What were the evolutionary forces that caused it to evolve? Of course the brain is under the same influences. Of course. It could not be otherwise. It could not be otherwise. I can't underline that enough. And so guys like, what's the guy up in Washington? David, I always want to call him Hume. You know what I'm talking about? A famous evolutionary psychologist up there.

Somebody on the stream is going to give me that name. David, anyway, not important. Last time I talked to him, it was a few years ago. And at the time, evolutionary psychology was under an attack. And it now looks like that attack was this sort of neo-Marxist society causes everything kind of world where you weren't allowed to talk about biology.

Somebody on the stream is going to give me that name. David, anyway, not important. Last time I talked to him, it was a few years ago. And at the time, evolutionary psychology was under an attack. And it now looks like that attack was this sort of neo-Marxist society causes everything kind of world where you weren't allowed to talk about biology.

How do you make sense of all that now that we've sort of, I feel like we're coming out on the other side a little bit and you can start to talk about biology again.

How do you make sense of all that now that we've sort of, I feel like we're coming out on the other side a little bit and you can start to talk about biology again.

We know what it means. It's good.

We know what it means. It's good.

What's that, Susan? I can't hear you. You're speaking, but not with a mic on Susan, Susan, are you talking to us? Okay. It sounds like you're talking to us. Um, yeah, I can't find the name of it. Sorry, but I can't find that you're, you're, you're speaking louder enough that we hear you. So I don't know. Um, Oh, we lost the X feed, I see.

What's that, Susan? I can't hear you. You're speaking, but not with a mic on Susan, Susan, are you talking to us? Okay. It sounds like you're talking to us. Um, yeah, I can't find the name of it. Sorry, but I can't find that you're, you're, you're speaking louder enough that we hear you. So I don't know. Um, Oh, we lost the X feed, I see.

So David Buss, that's the guy I was trying to think of at the University of Washington.

So David Buss, that's the guy I was trying to think of at the University of Washington.

He's fantastic.

He's fantastic.

He's fantastic.

He's fantastic.