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270. Deception and Psychopathy | Robert Trivers

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Is Runaway Sexual Selection Mostly Being Selected by Women?

i would say, as a domain general, there's domain general ability that might have been selected that worked in most situations. That doesn't address the ethical issue exactly. And you said it was mostly being selected by women. Female c whell, they're choosier, yes, aner, they're socially brighter and they're also less likely to agree that a low intelligent sexual partner would be acceptable. So they are, women do appear to be exerting more selection pressure on general cognitive ability. But i also wonder if there's not an ethical equivalent to that’s something like, well, the capacity for reciprocal altruism. so what er? What are you then saying

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