Modern Wisdom

#601 - Dr Andrew Thomas - Evolution's Secrets To Understanding Relationships

Mar 13, 2023

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Is social sexuality heritable and can it be passed down through generations?

01:06

Building Prestige Over Dominance

01:48

Desires Dictate Decisions

01:43

Look to the Past a Little Bit

01:44

Introduction

5min

The First Openly Welsh Person on Your Show?

4min

You're a Victory Story

2min

The Evolutionary Mismatch

4min

Dating and Error Management

3min

How Does Female Under Perception Bias Tie in With Error Management Theory?

5min

Women Are More Choosy With Long Term Mating

1min

Is There a Difference Between Short Term and Long Term?

3min

Is Social Sexuality Heritable?

2min

10.

The Influence of the People Around You Is Always Going to Be There

3min

11.

Strategic Pluralism Is the Last of the Fire

3min

12.

Sex Ratio Cues Are Almost Almost Endlessly Interesting

2min

13.

Is Short Term Mating Increased When You Control for Social Sexuality?

2min

14.

Is Social Sexuality a Predictor of Sexual Harassment?

3min

15.

Is Social Sexuality a Predictor of Sexual Harassment?

3min

16.

Token Resistance to Sex

4min

17.

Getting a Man to Make the First Move

3min

18.

Is It the Male Role Models That Are Creating Sexlessness?

2min

19.

How Do You Build Status?

2min

20.

The Male Sedation Hypothesis

2min

21.

Consensual Non-Monogamy Study

4min

22.

Polygyny - Are You Surprised at 50 Percent of Men Saying Yes or Uncertain?

2min

23.

Polygamy

2min

24.

Women's Genital Mutilation

2min

25.

How Many Previous Sexual Partners Is Too Many?

3min

26.

Is There a Risk to Having Zero Sexual Partners?

4min

27.

The Sexual Double Standard

4min

28.

I'm After a Long-Term Mate

2min

29.

What Make Preferences Do People Look for in a Partner?

6min

30.

Dating Advice - How Do I Attract a Short Term Partner?

2min

31.

Dating Advice for Men and Women and the Chat GPT Is a Language Learning Model

3min

32.

Speed Dating Data

3min

33.

Crossfit Crossfit Is a Good Thing

2min

34.

How Much Do You Think That a Guy Should Earn?

3min

35.

How to Get a 20 Discount on Your Lawnmower 4.0

2min

Dr Andrew Thomas is a senior lecturer of psychology at Swansea University whose research focuses on sex differences and relationship preferences from an evolutionary perspective.

Evolution explains a large portion of why we like the things we like. Who we're attracted to, why we fall into and out of love, how our mental state affects our mating strategies. Therefore, if you are a human who ever intends on being in a relationship, this might be useful.

Expect to learn the 5 evolutionary theories which explain much of human mating, whether ChatGPT can correctly predict what traits men and women like most in each other, how many previous sexual partners people say they want their current partner to have had, how open men & women in the West are to polyamorous relationships, how sexual arousal can ruin a faithful relationship and much more...

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