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Science writer and book author in psychology, neuroscience and evolution

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    Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf May 25
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    "Women overestimated the thinness that men prefer in a partner and men overestimated the heaviness and muscularity that women prefer in a partner." https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjop.12451 …pic.twitter.com/pJlmsYlw8c

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      2. Manuel Manolo‏ @MSSManuelo May 25
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        Replying to @Outdoor_Girl12 @DegenRolf

        Except for the thin women and buff men 😄

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      3. Joel‏ @santafeninja May 25
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        Replying to @MSSManuelo @Outdoor_Girl12 @DegenRolf

        Right!

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      1. Jackal‏ @JackalInHyde May 25
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        Replying to @DegenRolf

        Since most find that becoming thin/muscular is quite hard, perhaps this is a rational bit of irrationality.

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      1. Michael A. Lowry‏ @mlowry May 25
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        Runaway sexual selection.

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      1. Edward Dipshit, PhD‏ @Prof_Dipshit May 25
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        Replying to @DegenRolf @primalpoly

        Is there an evolutionary advantage to this kind of misperception? Perhaps by calibrating to aim for physiques one degree too extreme we actually increase our likelihood of landing in the Goldilocks zone.

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      1. Mad Bogeyman‏ @MadBMan May 25
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        Replying to @DegenRolf @KonstantinKisin

        You're telling me these 2 are not the most handsome men in the universe???pic.twitter.com/cafKEhE5Ns

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      1. If you don't get satire, I'm not talking to you.‏ @BitterTonic May 25
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        Replying to @DegenRolf

        I've been reading this in magazines since the 70s

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      1. Anita Vadillo García‏ @AnitaArenal May 25
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        pic.twitter.com/29XC01OXCS

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      1. ms magdalen berns forever radley‏ @radley_ms May 25
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        In my experience, the pressure I felt to be very thin always came chiefly from the advertising industry or from films and TV and only very rarely from actual real-life men. None of my partners ever much cared about my weight.

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      2. Darwin's Money‏ @EverydayFinance May 25
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        Why everyone hates themselves. Is this an evolutionary driver to always be more fit/attractive? ESP for dudes to be strong?

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      3. Василий Чикинов‏ @lifeasgame May 25
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        Replying to @EverydayFinance @DegenRolf

        The desire to strive for better (it's not hate, it's just lack of self-complacency) definitely can lead to higher value on sexual market and the ability to attract more valuable mate.

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