Evolution's Secrets To Understanding Relationships - Dr Andrew Thomas - #601

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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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... Timestamps: (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 Extra Stuff: Follow Andrew on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DrThomasAG Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ 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 friends, welcome back to the show.
0:03.2	My guest today is Dr. Andrew Thomas.
0:05.1	He's a senior lecturer of psychology at Swansea University whose research focuses on sex
0:09.8	differences and relationship preferences from an evolutionary perspective.
0:14.7	Evolution explains a large portion of why we like the things we like, who we're attracted
0:19.0	to, why we fall into and out of love, how our mental state affects our mating strategies.
0:24.4	Therefore, if you are a human who ever intends on being in a relationship, this might
0:29.0	be useful.
0:30.0	Expect to learn the five evolutionary theories which explain much of human mating.
0:34.9	Whether chat GPT can correctly predict what traits men and women like most in each other,
0:39.7	how many previous sexual partners people say they want in their current partner, how
0:43.8	many men and women in the West are open to polyamorous relationships, how sexual arousal
0:49.4	can ruin a faithful relationship, and much more.
0:54.6	One really cool cutting edge, evolutionary psychology stuff here, and Andrew is pumping
0:59.9	out research and papers at a terrifying rate.
1:03.3	I think you're going to absolutely love him.
1:05.3	So yeah, get ready for this one.
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