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E343 Pt 2: How can Homosexuality stay in the population? An evolutionary psychology explanation.

October 31, 2024 by Nate

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E343 Pt 2: How can Homosexuality stay in the population? An evolutionary psychology explanation.

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Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD discusses listener questions with host, Nathan Gershfeld. In today’s Part 2 from episode 343, Dr. Lisle discusses a potential explanation for why homosexuality persists in the population despite homosexuals having fewer children.

1. I understand that the very basis of natural selection is transmission and expression of genes – basically we are all evolved to pass as many of our successful genes into the population, and that the characteristics and behavior of the organism is evolved to promote this goal. However, how does that explain the persistent existence of gay people. Their behavior does not work to pass genes into the population – in fact, quite the opposite. I’ve heard this expressed as a Darwinian Paradox. Is there other behaviors that are also Darwinian Paradoxes? Btw, I’m gay and this in no way is intended to imply that homosexuality is an aberration.

Intro [0:00]
Question 1: [0:11]
Dr. Lisle answers: [0:53]
Final thoughts: [18:29]
Outro: [21:20]

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E343 Pt 1: Genes are Too Complex so… Eugenics will NEVER succeed

October 31, 2024 by Nate

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55:52

E343 Pt 1: Genes are Too Complex so… Eugenics will NEVER succeed

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Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD discusses listener questions with host, Nathan Gershfeld. In today’s show, Dr. Lisle explains how genes are passed on through generations and just how complex and interdependent they are. However, sometimes this can lead to the mistaken belief that societies can easily breed certain traits into or out of their population.

1. Dr lisle you’ve often mentioned that we cannot get intelligent people to breed for generations and give rise to a population whose average IQ is higher than the current avg IQ i.e. china/singapore tried to experiment with this idea but they failed. But Dr Lisle you’ve also said that today’s human is on average way more cooperative than the ancient human.. so if the average cooperation can be bred to a higher level, why can’t the average IQ be bred to a higher level?

Teasers [0:00]
Intro [0:45]
Opening discussion [1:42]
Excerpt from past Episode 299: [4:55]
Question #1 [8:20]
Dr. Lisle Answers: [9:08]
Darker skin defends better against solar radiation near Equator [14:40]
Survival advantages move evolution very very slowly [15:38]
Eugenics is not possible because gene interactions are too complex [33:30]
It’s troubling to discover your own constraints: [41:10]
Individual human beings have individual differences: [50:00]
Outro: [55:30]

339: Disagreeable people blame trauma for their circumstances.

September 5, 2024 by Nate

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339: Disagreeable people blame trauma for their circumstances.

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Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD discusses listener questions with host, Nathan Gershfeld.

Question 1:

I had a very traumatic childhood, but I don’t blame my experiences with my violent alcoholic mother for any of my stupid adult decisions. I did those all on my own — with some help from my parents’ genes, of course. What Dr. Lisle teaches on this topic makes sense to me. I have a friend who, by any measure, had a much less traumatic childhood. In fact, I don’t think it is fair to say that her childhood was traumatic at all. There weren’t any drugs or alcohol in her childhood home, and, according to her, she didn’t experience any physical, verbal or sexual abuse. Her physical needs were all taken care of and, at the time, she says she felt very loved by both her parents. She is no longer close to them. Looking back over her life at the age of 60, she now believes that her emotional needs weren’t properly addressed when she was a child. Consequently, she has recently concluded that her problems stem from an attachment disorder caused by her parents. For the first time, she is calling what she experienced “trauma.” She is convinced that her parents’ lack of attentiveness to her emotional needs qualifies as trauma and are at fault for much of her current depression and rage, as well as for her struggle with weight. My friend is quite disagreeable, whereas I am quite agreeable. Even among people who truly had a traumatic childhood, I have noticed a pattern: Disagreeable people are more likely to want to blame someone for their shortcomings and for their life’s decisions, whereas agreeable people don’t tend to blame anyone. In this way, it seems that agreeable people may be more readily able to grasp the lessons that Evolutionary Psychology has to offer — at least in the arena of this important topic of trauma and its role in our lives. What do you think?