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Geoffrey Miller

@primalpoly

Psych professor; wrote The Mating Mind, Spent, Mate, Virtue Signaling. Themes: Evolution, sentience, civilization, EA, X risk, crypto. Wife: @sentientist. ⏸️

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Observation:
People who never post about polyamory on X, except in response to some sensationalist clickbait magazine cover story about polyamory, generally know less than nothing about polyamory.

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All you need to know about Western civilisation:

The people who are the strongest advocates for Western civ are people like me who have experienced the alternative.

The people who are the biggest critics of Western civ have never experienced anything else.

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Reading Camille Paglia back in the early 90s, when I was in grad school, helped me see through a lot of the trendy nonsense that gradually took over academia in the last 30 years.

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'No one’s family name was changed, altered, shortened, butchered, or “written down wrong” at Ellis Island or any American port. That idea is an urban legend.' Provocative, convincing. HT Adam Ozimek > Alex Tabarrok 🛡️ Marginal Revolution journals.ala.org/index.php/dttp…

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My article for the Free Press about why I left Harvard was published today. Thanks to Bari Weiss who encouraged me to write about my experience, and to the editorial staff at The Free Press who made it shine.

I wanted to use my story to explain that 'cancel culture' is not mainly…

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'Predictability is punished by hostile animals capable of prediction. Thus, the effectiveness of almost any behavioral tactic can be enhanced by endowing it with characteristics that cannot be predicted by an evolutionary opponent' -Geoffrey Miller Geoffrey Miller

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If you're into anime, even a little bit, 'Blue Eye Samurai' (2023) is worth a look.

An 8-part series, set in 1657 Japan, streaming on Netflix.

Incredible aesthetics.

Rated 8.8/10 on IMDB

If you're into anime, even a little bit, 'Blue Eye Samurai' (2023) is worth a look. An 8-part series, set in 1657 Japan, streaming on Netflix. Incredible aesthetics. Rated 8.8/10 on IMDB
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The three main issues I care about in the 2024 election:
Pause AI
Fight DEI
Promote crypto

All require a fair amount of intelligence to understand.

And only two candidates are smart enough to understand them: Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis.

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66% of Democrats want to keep Trump off election ballots, so citizens can't vote for a candidate they don't like, in order to 'protect democracy'.
(New Rasmussen poll, Jan 2-4).

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If a Leftist journalist, activist, or academic calls some new thing 'eugenics', does that lead you to have a more positive, or a more negative view of the thing?

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Christians who attend a church regularly:
Has the hyper-polarization of political life over the last several years undermined the sense of solidarity & fellowship in your congregation?

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Some dog breeds are smarter than others!

This data was compiled from a battery of dog-tailored cognitive tasks such as self-control, communication, and memory.

Let’s take a look at the genetic and evolutionary basis of dog intelligence 🧵

Some dog breeds are smarter than others! This data was compiled from a battery of dog-tailored cognitive tasks such as self-control, communication, and memory. Let’s take a look at the genetic and evolutionary basis of dog intelligence 🧵
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