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WiM038 - The Geoffrey Miller Series | Episode 1 | Money is Liquid Fitness

The "What is Money?" Show

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The Crazy Thing About Signalling

i think some of your work tied into this were, sayne a, humans developed the ability to be an ideological animal as part of this. Rightlyit was, is a reproductive fitness feature, but it also has opened us up to be it's notneessarily intended to map to truth. For example, if you look at luxurya goods being advertised through expensive commercials. And the peacock's tail is similar. Like, the peacock’s tail is just iridescent blue and green, you know, radially symmetric, high spots that are large,. though not really conveying information likehat.

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