Author of The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
Austin, Texas
Joined April 2009
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Evolutionary psychological hypotheses are testable and falsifiable, contradicting an incorrect but widespread meme to the contrary.
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Great convo on The Prakhar Gupta Xperience about mate choice, attraction, red flags, etc:
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Last time @RichardDawkins came to Austin he interviewed my supervisor @ProfDavidBuss
They discuss some misconceptions about evolutionary psychology that are unfortunately still pervasive
Looking forward to seeing him on stage in Austin with @ChrisWillx
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Excited to see that my Evolutionary Psychology 7-e book is now at the top of new releases in this category:
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Hope this link works for those who might be interested.
I'm excited that the new edition 'Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind (7-e)' is finally published. It's been 5 years since the last edition. Here is a link for those interested:
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I love the new cover; it features 'Darwin's Arches.'
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Checking out the @NEEPSoc program for #NEEPS2024
Absolute 🔥
Includes lots of talks, blitzes and posters from the Buss lab at @UTAustin 😎🤘🏻
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Feeling very proud of the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard (@cafharvard) & our new statement, which @harvard should adopt. Here's a bit:
"Every member of the academic community should be free from fear of reprisal for positions they defend, questions they ask, or ideas they entertain...[and] should enjoy full standing to speak and be heard, regardless of background or social position...We also have a moral duty to listen, and to approach disagreement in a spirit of genuine curiosity, motivated by the desire to learn from each other, and open to the possibility that any of us, at any time, might be wrong." 👇🏽
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@neilhshah15 @tillyrobin @sapinker @Kkitparker @jflier
Super interesting documentary featuring work by @CristineLegare
Our first (ever) documentary film is complete! Our team @ApplyCogSci worked with painters from Jaipur, India & @SuperflyIndia to illustrate the process of mastering this ancient and sacred art form @TempletonRelig
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Link to video: youtube.com/watch?v=oxF3Ggnk…
This convo with Andrew Huberman @hubermanlab was definitely fun and free flowing.
Mate value, mate poaching and hidden predictors of infidelity with @ProfDavidBuss hubermanlab.com/dr-david-bus…
Thanks for flagging that quote from my book. Strikes me as true today more than ever.
The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
By David M. Buss @ProfDavidBuss
"Humans don't seem well designed for dispassionate intellectual discourse about domains that have profound personal relevance."
This book was a fascinating romp through the politically charged mine field of mate selection and sex differences. Buss-who has written volumes on this subject-explains the subject in an avuncular way, with very little jargon. Eloquent and yet simple may be the best way to phrase it. People with no knowledge of the field could easily read and enjoy this book.
Chapter 2: What Women Want
"Undependable people, in contrast, provide erratically and inflict heavy costs on their mates. In a study of newlywed couples, my lab found that emotionally unstable men were especially costly to women."
Chapter 4: Casual Sex
"A lover my also serve as a potential replacement for a woman's regular mate if he should desert, become ill or injured, prove to be infertile, or die, which were not unusual events in ancestral environments."
Chapter 6: Staying Together
"Despite these similarities, there are intriguing gender differences in the content and focus of jealously and in the specific events that trigger jealousy."
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I was a teaching assistant for @ProfDavidBuss's "Psychology of Human Mating". He would roll out a whiteboard and ask class questions.
"What are some of the cons of short term mating?" David asked the men.
One guy shouts out- "it can turn into long term mating!"
For those interested in my talk at this conference, on sexual violence laws, kindly delivered by William Costello @CostelloWiliam, here is the paper on which it is based:
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The conference consisted of 16 talks and 5 discussion sections- see a recording of the whole conference at the link below.
Some of the attendees were Cordelia Fine @hoovlet @DaphnaJoel @ginarippon1 @PsychoSchmitt David Geary @ProfDavidBuss @CostelloWilliam @TaniaArline Marco del Guidice @sbkaufman David Puts @Lise_Eliot and Maryanne Fisher 2/20
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Another excellent book I read and which I highly recommend.
By Professor @ProfDavidBuss
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My podcast guest today is @ProfDavidBuss David, an author and the world’s leading expert on human mating strategies. We talk A LOT about sex. Why do men cheat? Why do women cheat? Don't miss it. Listen at DanicaPatrick.com/Podcasts or watch on YouTube youtu.be/JXcZPdAQFxA
Important quote. Penned by the first author, Dan Conroy-Beam.
"Mates do not come a la carte but prix fixe: Each potential mate has a set of features that must be accepted or rejected wholesale."
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