Brett Weinstein
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 2 Aug
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Absolutely.
So the female parts will have a long extension that forces the pollen grains to grow down towards the ovules.
It's effectively a test.
It's like a long courtship.
Right, exactly.
The pollen will mate with anyone.
The pollen's all over your car and your house and your life because the males are effectively... They don't have any reason not to mate with any tree that will have them.
So that asymmetry is...
not about animals at all.
It's certainly not about humans.
It's about a strategic fact that arises every time you have these two different size gametes, as Heather points out.
And so that doesn't mean that we can't change the dynamics in humans.
And in fact, we are changing the dynamics in humans.
And in many ways, it's very positive.
I mean, the breast milk example is a great one.
pumping breast milk means men can now, we can democratize the work of feeding babies.
That's a good thing.
It doesn't mean you have to do it, but having the option is a good thing.
So it's not that we can't change these things, but we are, it's not those who think that this has something to do with recent human history and one group imposing its power on other groups and subjugating them and that that's where gender came from.
That's nonsense.
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