Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-09-01
Books mentioned on The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love - Robin Dunbar - #520
Robin Dunbar is an anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist, head of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group at the University of Oxford and an author. Love is something that people have been trying to describe for thousands of years.
Chris Williamson discussed Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Friends by Robin Dunbar. Robin Dunbar discussed Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and When Men Behave Badly by David Buss.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is a bestselling psychological thriller novel centered on the turbulent marriage and sudden disappearance of Amy Dunne, driven by an unreliable narrator and shocking plot twists.
Discussed“there is a um i think it's called gone girl which was a movie kind of a thriller movie a few years ago”
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a classic romantic novel that follows the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy as they overcome issues of class, upbringing, and their own initial misjudgments.
Discussed“In other words you know everybody wants to uh marry mr darcy but unfortunately there's only one of him and 500 of you so as uh you know what do the rest of you do as uh jane austen with her acute observation of the foibles of humans uh observes is you hang on”
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When Men Behave Badly
When Men Behave Badly by David Buss is a comprehensive exploration of evolutionary psychology that investigates the deep-seated roots of sexual deception, harassment, and interpersonal conflict between sexes.
Discussed“but men men or at least david busts in his new book he was talking about the fact that men tend to over perceive attraction from women and women tend to understand attraction from men”
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Friends
Friends by Robin Dunbar is an exploration of human relationships and the evolutionary mechanics that govern our social circles.
Discussed“did i read in your new book friends which we're going to talk about another time that the speed that you rub somebody with needs to be slower than one and a half inches per second”
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