Ep 17: 1000 ways to make a baby
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The Twofold Cost of Sex
John maynard smith's idea of the twofold cost of sex. He says males invest all their energy in trying to get paternity, which becomes a zero some game. And if none of that energy is actually really helping to create more young, or better young, then it means that half of all the energy that the coculation is getting from its environment is kind of wastefulthe zer o, some game effort is always wasteful.
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