Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-04-03
Books mentioned on Why Evolution Favours Beauty Over Survival - Matt Ridley - #923
Matt Ridley is a science writer, journalist, and author. Evolution is a strange theory.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Voyage of the Beagle
The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin is the celebrated travel memoir and scientific journal chronicling Darwin's five-year survey expedition that fundamentally shaped his theories on evolution and natural selection.
Discussed“well he mentioned the idea in the Origin of Species very briefly”
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The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is a foundational scientific text that introduced the theory of evolution by means of natural selection, forever altering humanity's understanding of the natural world.
Discussed“well he mentioned the idea in the Origin of Species very briefly”
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The Moral Animal
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright is a foundational exploration of evolutionary psychology that examines how natural selection shapes human nature, mating habits, and everyday morality.
Recommended“although as far I I've read um uh Robert Wright's book was the the first one moral animal was what got me into evolutionary psychology again for wonderful book wonderful I that's that book is 30 years old now more than 30 years old”
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The Evolution of Beauty
The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O.
Discussed“and Richard PR has written about this in in his book The Evolution of beauty”
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The Heart is a Quarter Pounder
The Heart is a Quarter Pounder is a provocative look at evolutionary psychology and human behavior.
Discussed“but which was laid out in a very good book by Jeffrey Miller 25 years ago called The Mating mind”
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The Mating Mind
The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller is an evolutionary psychology book arguing that the human brain evolved primarily as a complex sexual ornament, much like a peacock's tail, to attract mates through creativity and intelligence.
Discussed“laid out in a very good book by Jeffrey Miller 25 years ago called The Mating mind in which he says”
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“and the book is the book is called I should say bird sex and Beauty The Strain the the the um oh what did I what's the subtitle the the implications of Charles Darwin strangest idea”