#817 - Dr Anna Machin - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love, Lust & Cheating

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2024

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Dr Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University and an author. Love is pretty fascinating. This odd cocktail of hormones and neurochemicals can turn even the most normal person insane. What is it? Why did it evolve? And why do we seem to have no control over when it comes and when it goes? Expect to learn what the evolutionary advantage of love is, the difference between love and lust, why women cheat and who they tend to cheat with, the role of genetics on who you find attractive, what the dark side of love looks like, whether dating apps have changed the way love and attraction works, how certain types of love can be addicting and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get a 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) 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: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://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 Dr. Anna Machen. She's an evolutionary
0:06.0	anthropologist at Oxford University and an author. Love is pretty fascinating. It's this odd cocktail of hormones and murmur chemicals that can
0:16.1	turn even the most normal person insane. What is it? Why did it evolve? And why do we seem to have no control over when it comes and when it goes?
0:26.0	Expect to learn what the evolutionary advantage of love is, the difference between love and lust,
0:31.6	why women cheat and who they tend to cheat with, the role of genetics
0:35.2	on who you find attractive, what the dark side of love looks like, whether dating apps
0:40.0	have changed the way that love and attraction works, how certain types of love can be addicting,
0:45.8	and much more.
0:48.1	Anna is so great, her first book, Life of Dad, it was such a game changer for me in terms of sort of explaining how I see
0:57.2	the role of men and fatherhood in a child's development.
1:01.0	And she's back again.
1:02.0	This next book is so great. Her insights about
1:04.3	something that everybody knows sort of intuitively and poets and artists and
1:09.0	songwriters have tried to get a handle on, but this time it's using evolution and psychology and she's so great.
1:16.0	There's tons to take away from this one. I really hope that you enjoy it.
1:19.0	Before we get into the episode, in case you missed my announcement on Instagram and on my newsletter I am
1:25.5	playing the event him Apollo the old Hammersmith Apollo in London which fits
1:29.8	3,600 people in on Thursday, the 28th of November this year.
1:35.2	It is the only show that I will be doing in all of the UK or anywhere near Europe
1:39.7	until 2025.
1:41.6	And tickets go on sale very soon.
1:44.5	You can get first access to pre-sale tickets
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