184. Death, Disease, and Politics | Dr. Randy Thornhill

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🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 122 minutes

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This episode was recorded on May 10th 2021. Jordan Peterson’s guest today is distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico, American entomologist and evolutionary biologist, Dr. Randy Thornhill. Dr. Thornhill’s research shines an enticing light on scientific areas that most people have never been exposed to. We come to understand and appreciate the importance of evolutionary biology in shaping our opinions, attitudes, and in many cases the decisions we make throughout our lives. Dr. Thornhill has authored and co-authored around 250 scientific publications, and a majority of his work has been cited in scientific literature over 35,000 times. Dr. Thornhill shares his findings on attractiveness including cryptic female choice, symmetry, carotenoid pigments, and the characteristics of attractiveness. They also cover Dr. Thornhill’s parasite-stress theory, the critical role that infectious disease plays in humanity, IQ, sex, religion, and conservatism. For information on Dr. Randy Thornhill’s publications, visit: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Randy-Thornhill/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ARandy+Thornhill

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jordan B. Peterson podcast. I'm Michaela Peterson. This is season four episode 38.
0:06.6	This episode was recorded on May 10th, 2021. In this episode, my dad's joined by Dr. Randy Thornhill.
0:14.4	Dr. Thornhill is an American entomologist and evolutionary biologist. He's authored and co-authored
0:20.9	about 250 scientific publications and his work has been cited over 35,000 times.
0:27.4	Dad and Dr. Thornhill discuss Dr. Thornhill's findings on attractiveness as well as other subjects
0:34.4	like cryptic female choice, symmetry, caratenoid pigments, and the characteristics of attractiveness.
0:43.2	I hope you enjoy this episode and enjoy your week.
1:04.4	Hello everybody. I'm pleased to have with me today one of the world's great biologists, Dr. Randy Thornhill.
1:12.0	He's an evolutionary biologist and distinguished professor of biology, emeritus at the University of New Mexico,
1:19.2	with a primary interest in animal behavior and psychology as well as human behavior and psychology.
1:24.4	Dr. Thornhill and his colleagues have authored or co-authored about 250 scientific publications,
1:30.6	including four research monographs or books. His publications have been cited in the scientific literature more than 35,000 times.
1:39.6	A citation score is the number of times a reference to a given piece of research is cited by another researcher
1:46.5	or in another publication by the same author. A scientific citation count in the tens of thousands
1:52.8	clearly indicates that a researcher occupies a position in the upper echelons of scientific influence.
1:59.5	Dr. Thornhill is a founder of the research disciplines of behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology,
2:05.6	evolutionary aesthetics. That's the study of the experience of beauty from an evolutionary perspective.
2:12.0	Evolution and human behavior, the modern study of adaptation and the study of sexual coercion.
2:19.4	Dr. Thornhill, thank you very much for agreeing to talk to me today.
2:22.5	Thank you for inviting me. Pleasure to be here.
2:25.8	Thank you. Thank you. So I have come across your research a number of times in my career,
2:30.8	struck by its originality and its impact. I'd like to ask you first about something I probably ran into,
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