Evolution's Secrets To Understanding Relationships - Dr Andrew Thomas | Modern Wisdom Podcast 601

Dr Andrew Thomas is a senior lecturer of psychology at Swansea University whose research focuses on sex differences and relationship preferences from an evolutionary perspective.

Evolution explains a large portion of why we like the things we like. Who we're attracted to, why we fall into and out of love, how our mental state affects our mating strategies. Therefore, if you are a human who ever intends on being in a relationship, this might be useful.

Expect to learn the 5 evolutionary theories which explain much of human mating, whether ChatGPT can correctly predict what traits men and women like most in each other, how many previous sexual partners people say they want their current partner to have had, how open men & women in the West are to polyamorous relationships, how sexual arousal can ruin a faithful relationship and much more...

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00:00 Intro
01:20 Evolutionary Mismatch
10:18 Evolving Towards Making Small Errors Instead of Big Ones
17:33 Are Men as Picky as Women?
21:55 Is Promiscuity Heritable?
27:32 Humans Engage in Multiple Types of Sexual Strategies
36:49 The Different Levels of Sexual Harassment
46:55 Is Sexlessness in Young Men Caused by Poor Social Skills?
52:56 Attitudes in the West to Having Multiple Sexual Partners
1:04:21 How Many Previous Sexual Partners is Too Much?
1:14:52 What ChatGPT Gets Wrong About Mate Preferences
1:34:31 Where to Find Dr Thomas

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