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And so, you know, we have these meaningful differences and then we're in the same in many ways.

And so, you know, we have these meaningful differences and then we're in the same in many ways.

so um with evolutionary psychology it's very important to look for this it is scientific basic scientific thinking what would the function of this be to look for that to there's an underlying thing to have real theory and not just social science is empty because there's no theory behind it there's no check on well what would this you know what what would this have served it's just sort of the empty oh we found this in the study and then it doesn't replicate

so um with evolutionary psychology it's very important to look for this it is scientific basic scientific thinking what would the function of this be to look for that to there's an underlying thing to have real theory and not just social science is empty because there's no theory behind it there's no check on well what would this you know what what would this have served it's just sort of the empty oh we found this in the study and then it doesn't replicate

And so it's not meaningful. It doesn't help us understand who we are and why we behave as we do. And that's one of the great things about evolutionary psychology. If you tell males, look, you evolved to be visual because if you weren't, you know, the world would be populated by cockroaches. You wouldn't want to hump anybody. Sorry, I used the word hump. It's so old-fashioned. It's all good.

And so it's not meaningful. It doesn't help us understand who we are and why we behave as we do. And that's one of the great things about evolutionary psychology. If you tell males, look, you evolved to be visual because if you weren't, you know, the world would be populated by cockroaches. You wouldn't want to hump anybody. Sorry, I used the word hump. It's so old-fashioned. It's all good.

We know what it means. What?

We know what it means. What?

Keep going. You're not attached to grandma. Oh, sorry. I talked over you twice. Not attached to grandma because if you have sex with grandma, there's not going to be a child unless there's some kind of weird, strange miracle or something. These are things that tell you why things are the way they are and that males shouldn't be ashamed that they are adapted a certain way.

Keep going. You're not attached to grandma. Oh, sorry. I talked over you twice. Not attached to grandma because if you have sex with grandma, there's not going to be a child unless there's some kind of weird, strange miracle or something. These are things that tell you why things are the way they are and that males shouldn't be ashamed that they are adapted a certain way.

Adaptations aren't a mandate. You can choose to not chase the woman down and attack her, whatever it is, to do criminal things. You live within the bounds of society and morals and law. And so desires are not evil. It's just action.

Adaptations aren't a mandate. You can choose to not chase the woman down and attack her, whatever it is, to do criminal things. You live within the bounds of society and morals and law. And so desires are not evil. It's just action.

David Buss is a good friend.

David Buss is a good friend.

I love David.

I love David.

Great guy, does the best mating research. He's really wonderful. And it's been wonderful to me from the start. You know, this is a process. I didn't go to school. I didn't go to med school. My joke is I forgot to take endocrinology when I forgot to go to med school, but I pasted endocrinology textbooks all over. And I also had coaching from this great, wonderful epidemiologist.

Great guy, does the best mating research. He's really wonderful. And it's been wonderful to me from the start. You know, this is a process. I didn't go to school. I didn't go to med school. My joke is I forgot to take endocrinology when I forgot to go to med school, but I pasted endocrinology textbooks all over. And I also had coaching from this great, wonderful epidemiologist.

He wrote the co-author of the seminal book in the field. And since 2007, he's been coaching me on how to vet studies. And then David Buss, from early on, send my column every week, my science-based syndicated column that I stopped doing because all the papers died. And he would either say, that's fantastic or correct things that were wrong, which I really wanted and helped me. And he's just great.

He wrote the co-author of the seminal book in the field. And since 2007, he's been coaching me on how to vet studies. And then David Buss, from early on, send my column every week, my science-based syndicated column that I stopped doing because all the papers died. And he would either say, that's fantastic or correct things that were wrong, which I really wanted and helped me. And he's just great.