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Competence Hierarchies

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Parabonding Circuit of Love and Pair Bonding

Humans are a parabonding species that's quite clear and there's some variation between individuals in that proclivity. The circuit that bonds you to your partner is the adult remnant or the adult continuation of the same circuit that bonds mother to infant all that by the language that people use when they talk fondly of the romantic partners. Most societies have attempted to sacralize instinct with marriage as we make the claim that perhaps it's better all things considered to ally yourself with someone who can continually challenge you, she says.

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