I'm Nt Salir for Sure, Ye. And I Thought I Understood the Right Way to Understand Evolutionary Biology.

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"I read the selfish jean, and i thought i understood like, the right way to understand evolutionary biology. And, you know, that'si was my right," he says. "So this gets to this other, this other problem that i think arises from new ants, which is it makes us really boring." 'If you don't believe anything, then, like, why would you do anything? Ye, no, that's right,' he adds.

The less we know, the more we know it. David and Tamler talk about the notorious Dunning-Kruger effect, which makes us overconfident in beliefs on topics we're ignorant about and under-confident when we're experts. Plus, we break down an evolutionary psychology article on why poor men and hungry men prefer women with big breasts. Trust us, it's a really bad study. We're sure about it.

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