187: Stuck in a stagnant rut, Mirror emotions, More detail on agreeableness
Questions for tonight's show are: 1. Why am I so stagnant? Despite doing poorly in practically all the dimensions of my life (romantic, social, pursuit) I don't take any effective action. I've done an...
19 Sep 201957min
186: Male/Female dynamics Part 2 with Drs. Doug Lisle and Jen Howk
We welcome back Dr. Jen Howk for her part 2 debut on the BYG podcast. Dr. Lisle and Howk answer the following questions from listeners: 1. I would describe myself as a 9. I am pretty and fit. I am ed...
12 Sep 201951min
185: Is effective health care possible? Sharing health info w sick friends
Our questions for this show are: 1. Given the profitability of prescribing pills and surgical procedures, do you believe the mainstream medical-industrial-complex will ever reach a tipping point and h...
5 Sep 201944min
184: Male/Female Dynamics with Dr. Lisle & Dr. Jen Howk
In this episode, we introduce Dr. Jen Howk, who recently earned her PhD from Harvard. She brings a female perspective to our male/female dynamics questions and offers her insights to our show.
29 Aug 201948min
183: Do rewards improve motivation? Can parents 'toughen' up their kids?
"I'll do it, but not because you told me to" is a common humorous refrain in movies & TV shows. In this show, we explore where this emotion comes from. First, by reviewing a famous study that foun...
22 Aug 201957min
182: Enlightenment/Ego Trap, Trading w a Toddler, Keeping kids innocent? & more
We start this episode with a question about the Enlightenment & Ego Trap - left over from last episode. The rest of the questions are about interacting with children/kids. 1. I have a number of fri...
15 Aug 201945min
181: Showing weakness, Dominance Hierarchy, Sharing Evopsych, Ego Trap?
In this show, we discuss showing weakness as a sexual strategy, then we move to a question about dominance hierarchies vs. competence hierarchy (is there a difference?). Next question is about the mi...
8 Aug 201945min
180: Subjective experiences, Downsides of overshooting evolutionary advantage
Dr. Lisle goes in depth about why nature has selected for subjective experiences. The question is as follows: What is your take on why a subjective experience would have been selected for, as opposed...
1 Aug 201947min
