I much prefer the modern world.

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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.

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...

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...

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is...

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is...

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...

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...

I suspect that a substantial fraction of human problems in the world today, not just...

$I suspect that a substantial fraction of human problems in the world today, not just...$

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...

Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention...

Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention...

The drug or cult has major if not exclusive sources of brain rewards.

The drug or cult has major if not exclusive sources of brain rewards.

Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding...

Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding...

Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives.

Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives.

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...

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...

Humans have evolved to be exquisitely sensitive to changes in status.

Humans have evolved to be exquisitely sensitive to changes in status.

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...

People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or...

People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or...

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....

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when...

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when...