The Topic: Technology The Guest: Clive Thompson The Episode: Download – iTunes – Stitcher – RSS – Soundcloud The very fact that you are reading this sentence, contemplating whether […]
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Why do human beings experience jealousy, what is its function, and what are the warning signs that signal this powerful emotion may lead to violence?
Once reserved for the contemplation of poets and playwrights, jealousy is now the subject of intense scientific scrutiny. “Mate poachers abound,” explains this week’s guest, psychologist David Buss, who says that his research supports his hypothesis that human jealousy is an adaptation forged by evolutionary forces to deal with the problems of infidelity. Moderate jealousy, he says, is healthy and signals commitment, but there is a dark and corrosive side as well that follows a clear, predictable pattern before it destroys lives.
Is your state of mind from one situation to the next drastically altered by the state in which […]
If a world archery champion fell madly in love with the Eiffel Tower, who she considered to be a female, married the monument, and then went on to consummate her union with it, would you consider her a crazy person? How about perverted? Insane? What about a person who can only reach sexual climax by falling down stairs? What about a person who masturbates to wheelchairs or to a recently worn hearing aid?
Well, those people exist. But should we consider those people mentally ill whose sexual desires deviate from the norm? Given what science is telling us about sexuality, how should we adjust our thinking about perversion? That’s the topic we explore in this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast.
In 2008, renowned programmer and essayist Paul Graham wrote a guide for citizens of cyberspace titled “How to […]
The Topic: Video Games The Guest: Jamie Madigan The Episode: Download – iTunes – Stitcher – RSS – Soundcloud “The Last of Us” is a video game, a work […]