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#520 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love

Modern Wisdom

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Why Do We Love People That Have Already Died?

This best friend forever phenomenon, which is very characteristic of women and very uncharacteristic of men seems to be really important for women. This goes back to your moral and emotional and physical support mechanism that they need when they're in moving from one society to another. And you just don't see that same kind of emotion, intensity and men's friendship. Men's friendships are much, much more club like in that sense. For women, those friendships are personalized and dyadic and very focused on the individuals and individuals themselves.

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