Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for…

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Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility...

Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility...

I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who...

I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who...

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than...

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than...

Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the...

Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the...

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children...

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children...

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military...

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military...

People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward...

People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward...

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving...

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving...

High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment.

High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment.

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has...

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has...

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is...

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is...

I much prefer the modern world.

I much prefer the modern world.

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing...

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing...

Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery...

Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery...

People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical...

People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical...

Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding...

Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding...

Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial...

Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial...

Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes...

Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes...

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the...

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the...

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth....

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth....