Arthur Brooks
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And then women, when they go through it the first time and have their hearts broken and their bank accounts drained, and all their friends have been slept with, they'll not make that mistake. They'll look for that again. Lesson that hopefully you only get once. And so heartbreak two, heartbreak three, they're usually learning different lessons unless there's a particular pathology.
And the pathologies are... Number one, mate choice copying. This is a very standard thing where people who are already partnered are more attractive than people who are not partnered. And the reason is because in nature, you want to look for somebody who somebody else has done the work of finding them a good enough partner.
And the pathologies are... Number one, mate choice copying. This is a very standard thing where people who are already partnered are more attractive than people who are not partnered. And the reason is because in nature, you want to look for somebody who somebody else has done the work of finding them a good enough partner.
And the pathologies are... Number one, mate choice copying. This is a very standard thing where people who are already partnered are more attractive than people who are not partnered. And the reason is because in nature, you want to look for somebody who somebody else has done the work of finding them a good enough partner.
Yeah, that's one of the reasons that men in the eyes of women go up threefold in attractiveness when they're partnered already.
Yeah, that's one of the reasons that men in the eyes of women go up threefold in attractiveness when they're partnered already.
Yeah, that's one of the reasons that men in the eyes of women go up threefold in attractiveness when they're partnered already.
women find men who are a partner more attractive than people who are not partnered. Question.
women find men who are a partner more attractive than people who are not partnered. Question.
women find men who are a partner more attractive than people who are not partnered. Question.
Same reason? It's a good question. Probably not mate choice copying. It's probably has, these are probably fertility cues is, you know, the kind of thing that you talk about. You can carry it. Typically, in the male brain, dopamine is stimulated because of a hips to waist ratio, which talks and length and shininess of hair, symmetry of facial features, the whiteness of the irises.
Same reason? It's a good question. Probably not mate choice copying. It's probably has, these are probably fertility cues is, you know, the kind of thing that you talk about. You can carry it. Typically, in the male brain, dopamine is stimulated because of a hips to waist ratio, which talks and length and shininess of hair, symmetry of facial features, the whiteness of the irises.
Same reason? It's a good question. Probably not mate choice copying. It's probably has, these are probably fertility cues is, you know, the kind of thing that you talk about. You can carry it. Typically, in the male brain, dopamine is stimulated because of a hips to waist ratio, which talks and length and shininess of hair, symmetry of facial features, the whiteness of the irises.
No, of the whites of the eyes, not the irises, the whites of the eyes, because that shows liver function and good health. And those are cues for fertility as well. And men or women look at men and it's the neurochemistry is affected by the shoulders to waist ratio because this has to do with virility and fertility of men and ability to drag in the gazelle.
No, of the whites of the eyes, not the irises, the whites of the eyes, because that shows liver function and good health. And those are cues for fertility as well. And men or women look at men and it's the neurochemistry is affected by the shoulders to waist ratio because this has to do with virility and fertility of men and ability to drag in the gazelle.
No, of the whites of the eyes, not the irises, the whites of the eyes, because that shows liver function and good health. And those are cues for fertility as well. And men or women look at men and it's the neurochemistry is affected by the shoulders to waist ratio because this has to do with virility and fertility of men and ability to drag in the gazelle.
Yeah. That's the same phenomenon, by the way. You want to, you're attracted by people who have resource abundance that have more than they need. That they can actually afford something that's scarce and a lot of something that's scarce. So that's the reason that guys will go to Miami Beach on spring break and rent a Ferrari. And just like, well,
Yeah. That's the same phenomenon, by the way. You want to, you're attracted by people who have resource abundance that have more than they need. That they can actually afford something that's scarce and a lot of something that's scarce. So that's the reason that guys will go to Miami Beach on spring break and rent a Ferrari. And just like, well,
Yeah. That's the same phenomenon, by the way. You want to, you're attracted by people who have resource abundance that have more than they need. That they can actually afford something that's scarce and a lot of something that's scarce. So that's the reason that guys will go to Miami Beach on spring break and rent a Ferrari. And just like, well,
Because you want women to think that that's your Ferrari because you're rich enough to have a car you don't actually need, showing that you have abundant resources. My conspicuous consumption. Yeah, that's the reason, you know, the fifth watch. You know, that's kind of what it comes down to. I got, baby, I have more than I need.