Arthur Brooks

That's not what we want. We think we want that because we're narcissistic, but we actually don't want that. The happiest couples have lots of difference. They have lots of interlocking personality parts.

That's not what we want. We think we want that because we're narcissistic, but we actually don't want that. The happiest couples have lots of difference. They have lots of interlocking personality parts.

Yeah, that's the MHA. That's the, uh, no, the immuno, uh, major histocompatibility complex, the MHC. That's from the, all that stuff comes from the mid-90s t-shirt smelling tests. You know all that research, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Where you can, the olfactory bulb senses the major histocompatibility complex in others to get an immunological profile, a repertoire that's larger.

Yeah, that's the MHA. That's the, uh, no, the immuno, uh, major histocompatibility complex, the MHC. That's from the, all that stuff comes from the mid-90s t-shirt smelling tests. You know all that research, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Where you can, the olfactory bulb senses the major histocompatibility complex in others to get an immunological profile, a repertoire that's larger.

Yeah, that's the MHA. That's the, uh, no, the immuno, uh, major histocompatibility complex, the MHC. That's from the, all that stuff comes from the mid-90s t-shirt smelling tests. You know all that research, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Where you can, the olfactory bulb senses the major histocompatibility complex in others to get an immunological profile, a repertoire that's larger.

So you want somebody different than you. And there is no doubt that that is displayed not just in how your t-shirt smells, but actually how you display your personality. How you show up in the world. Is that,

So you want somebody different than you. And there is no doubt that that is displayed not just in how your t-shirt smells, but actually how you display your personality. How you show up in the world. Is that,

So you want somebody different than you. And there is no doubt that that is displayed not just in how your t-shirt smells, but actually how you display your personality. How you show up in the world. Is that,

an adaptive explanation for why humans kiss no doubt you're sampling the saliva you're sampling the saliva you actually want to exchange something that's you know i mean it is it has pathogens in it but it's not like dangerously pathological and in the broad scheme of things yeah that's probably why that's probably why it is the case uh i'm fascinated with and there's more saliva exchange the more passionately you kiss somebody

an adaptive explanation for why humans kiss no doubt you're sampling the saliva you're sampling the saliva you actually want to exchange something that's you know i mean it is it has pathogens in it but it's not like dangerously pathological and in the broad scheme of things yeah that's probably why that's probably why it is the case uh i'm fascinated with and there's more saliva exchange the more passionately you kiss somebody

an adaptive explanation for why humans kiss no doubt you're sampling the saliva you're sampling the saliva you actually want to exchange something that's you know i mean it is it has pathogens in it but it's not like dangerously pathological and in the broad scheme of things yeah that's probably why that's probably why it is the case uh i'm fascinated with and there's more saliva exchange the more passionately you kiss somebody

Okay, so the first stage is that that's how you can actually link up with somebody potentially. The second stage is one in which you have...

Okay, so the first stage is that that's how you can actually link up with somebody potentially. The second stage is one in which you have...

Okay, so the first stage is that that's how you can actually link up with somebody potentially. The second stage is one in which you have...

a strong sense of wanting to be with that other person so you will pursue getting to getting to greater depth with that person the third stage is when you're really bonding to each other and the fourth stage is when you actually create kin and and and you will be with each other now and forever that's the whole idea it's the whole concept of your mind we're together this is it

a strong sense of wanting to be with that other person so you will pursue getting to getting to greater depth with that person the third stage is when you're really bonding to each other and the fourth stage is when you actually create kin and and and you will be with each other now and forever that's the whole idea it's the whole concept of your mind we're together this is it

a strong sense of wanting to be with that other person so you will pursue getting to getting to greater depth with that person the third stage is when you're really bonding to each other and the fourth stage is when you actually create kin and and and you will be with each other now and forever that's the whole idea it's the whole concept of your mind we're together this is it

As opposed to if you just stayed at stage one, which path a lot of people who have real pathologies in their relationships, it's just basically stage one, stage two, stage one, stage two, stage one, stage two.

As opposed to if you just stayed at stage one, which path a lot of people who have real pathologies in their relationships, it's just basically stage one, stage two, stage one, stage two, stage one, stage two.

As opposed to if you just stayed at stage one, which path a lot of people who have real pathologies in their relationships, it's just basically stage one, stage two, stage one, stage two, stage one, stage two.