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Madness is adaptive
Madness can make people unusually successful. That is a reason to believe it was selected for.
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Tove K
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Behind the fertility crisis, there is an army of worried mothers
Human females did not necessarily evolve to want many children. They evolved to worry about the children they have.
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Tove K
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Both sexes have to be oppressed
Kind of a book review of Warriors and Worriers by Joyce Benenson
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Tove K
32
Anorexia was the gender dysphoria of yesterday
Both socially induced psychological illness and ambivalence toward the female condition is much older than the gender dysphoria boom
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Tove K
46
Happiness is a reward from our ancestors
Long-term happiness only comes to those who emulate their successful ancestors
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Tove K
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Good behavior causes teenage depression
If teenagers are prevented from doing unwholesome things that feel good, some increase in teenage mental distress should logically follow.
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Tove K
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What is intelligence?
Intelligence is not IQ. It is IQ plus something else plus something else.
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Confessions of an everyday apopheniac
IQ measures ability to use concepts others have developed. The ability to think new things is something else entirely
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Tove K
29
Becky is depressed
Jonathan Haidt and his team say teenage girls are depressed because they use social media too much. It could also be that girls are depressed because…
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Tove K
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Dressed for success, gorilla and whore style
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5
Why are all the ladies chasing the Chads?
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Tove K
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How I cured myself with evolutionary psychology
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Tove K
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