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Eric Barker || Plays Well With Others

The Psychology Podcast

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What Are the Biggest Predictors of Death?

Robin Dunbar teaches at Oxford who, you know, famous for the Dunbar number. He found that there are consistencies in terms of our social circles and how many people we can feel close to. We seem almost wired for a certain number of people to be close to us at a certain level. And he found that really it came down to two things: whether you smoke and how many friends you have now granted nutrition, exercise, all those things do matter.

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