#825 - Macken Murphy - The New Science Of Why Men & Women Cheat

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Melbourne, a writer and a podcaster. Why do people cheat? Is it just the allure of novelty? Dissatisfaction in their current relationship? Fear of being left? Retaliation for their partner cheating? Macken's brand new study gives so many fascinating answers to these questions. Expect to learn what the evolutionary drivers are behind men's and women's infidelity, what this new science says about the Dual Mating and Mate Switching hypotheses, the top 3 reasons for why men and women both cheat, whether cheating is heritable, if there is such a thing as one and done cheating, the most common behaviours of somebody who is being unfaithful and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get $350 off the Pod 4 Ultra at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get a 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.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	What's happening people? Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Mackin Murphy. He's an
0:04.7	Evolutionary biologist at the University of Melbourne, a writer, and a podcaster. Why do people cheat? Is it just the allure of novelty, dissatisfaction in their current relationship,
0:16.3	fear of being left, retaliation for their partner cheating, Mackin's brand new study gives
0:21.7	so many fascinating answers to all of these questions.
0:25.3	Expect to learn what the evolutionary drivers behind men's and women's infidelity are,
0:29.7	what this new science says about the dual-mating and mate-switching hypotheses, the top three reasons for
0:35.2	why women and men both cheat, whether cheating is heritable, if there is such a thing as
0:40.1	one and done cheating, the most common behaviors of someone who is being
0:43.7	unfaithful and much more. This episode is brought to you by 8 Sleep. I have
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