Really enjoyed this podcast interview with @dconroybeam.bsky.social on how ideas from evolutionary psychology get misunderstood and misappropriated by grifters and con-men
Thoughts on David Buss? He seems to have the most substantial claim to being informed of the evo-psych stuff and does sorta say some stuff that forms the basis for a lot of the grifters and con men spout. Thinking here about his recent book Bad Men.
I haven’t either, just listened to him on podcasts. General thrust is that the ‘dark triad’ traits in men are can quite attractive to women and many of the sex’s mating strategies are unsavoury but effective
Hmm... not sure what to make of that or what research it's based on. I guess there could be some women who find narcissistic psychopaths attractive. One would hope not a majority!
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He has a several interviews with Buss.