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    Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 13 May 2017
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    The idea that females select males according to signs of good genes is high in popularity and low in reproducibility https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Beauty-Darwins-Forgotten-Theory/dp/0385537212/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494698605&sr=1-1&keywords=darwin+beauty …pic.twitter.com/F61tTnfeTv

    11:03 AM - 13 May 2017 from Bonn, Germany
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      2. David Schmitt‏ @PsychoSchmitt 11 Jan 2018
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        seriously? in one review "It’s hard to make THREE errors in two short sentences, especially when the writer is an evolutionary biologist writing about evolution, but that’s what Prum has done"https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/05/08/an-evolutionary-biologist-misrepresents-sexual-selection/ …

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      3. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 23 May 2018
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        The sex appeal of male symmetry is now counted as a prime example of the "decline effect" in a great new book on the reproducibility crisis in psychology.https://twitter.com/DegenRolf/status/819560512073715717 …

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        Rolf Degen @DegenRolf
        Truth wearing off: Great review on why many psychological effects are slackening over time. Free full text https://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/schooler/jonathan/sites/labs.psych.ucsb.edu.schooler.jonathan/files/pubs/chapter_6p-1.pdf … pic.twitter.com/HdDQCTt8w4
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      2. Seabreeze‏ @arwen_king 15 Sep 2017
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        Is histocompatibility more likely then?

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      3. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 15 Sep 2017
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        I personally believe now it is not about ANY (hidden) utility. Just l'art pour l'art, as Darwin originally assumed. Read Prum! Damn good!

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      1. Joel Engel‏ @joelengel 13 May 2017
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        S̶e̶t̶t̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶s̶o̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶s̶c̶i̶e̶n̶c̶e̶.̶

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      2. Matthias Gutfeldt‏ @metablog 18 Aug 2017
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        Isn't all science low in reprodicibility?

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      3. ksjetd‏ @ksjetd 18 Aug 2017
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        Not a problem in formal sciences. Not as big of a problem in natural sciences as in psychology. The human mind is hard to "observe".

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      1. Kai Teorn‏ @KaiTeorn 23 May 2018
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        So someone had arbitrarily defined "good genes" only to get that refuted by experiments. D'oh. Good genes are those that propagate, period. Health matters but not too much. If my children from that male will have the same peacock tail that attracts females, he's a good choice.

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      1. Bone Spirit Raider‏ @henrycobb 13 May 2017
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        I.e. subjectivity of the scientific method.

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      1. RaceRealist‏ @Race__Realist 15 May 2017
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        I just bought this book in BnN last night because I saw this tweet. Read the first chapter. Great read so far!

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