#751 - Macken Murphy - What Does Science Say Makes Someone Attractive?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist at Oxford University, a writer and a podcaster. No one has ever said they want to be less attractive. But what does attractive actually mean? What do humans like to look at in other humans, and why? Thankfully science has some insights to help you understand why you like what you like. Expect to learn the role of symmetry in attraction, why the most average faces are actually the most attractive ones, how important muscles, waist-to-hip ratio, tattoos, beards, eye colour, height and voice are, how to work out what is a stated and what is a revealed preference and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://www.shopify.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Take your personal data back with Incogni. Get 60% off an annual plan at https://incogni.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: http://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: http://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: http://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Mackin Murphy. He's an evolutionary biologist at Oxford University, a writer, and a podcaster.
0:09.3	No one has ever said that they want to be less attractive. But what does attractive actually mean?
0:15.6	What do humans like to look at in other humans and why? Thankfully, science has some insights
0:21.2	to help you understand why you like what you like.
0:24.1	Expect to learn the role of symmetry in attraction, why the most average faces are actually
0:29.5	the most attractive ones, how important muscles, waist to hip ratio, tattoos, beards, eye color, height, and voice are,
0:36.8	how to work out what is a stated and what is a revealed preference in attraction, and much more. So much fascinating stuff in this episode.
0:46.8	Mackin is a beast, he's knee deep, balls deep in all of the research and I very
0:51.6	much appreciate him, I very much appreciated catching up with him and he is an impressive individual
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