Post: #1

http://www.nature.com/srep/2015/150204/s...08242.html

The above is an original study as published by Nature. It's obviously long and detailed as it is a full paper, backed and fully cited, but its implications are profound. See, I came across it here--

http://www.news.com.au/technology/scienc...7214120852

And the relevant quotes the article took from the study were these:

Quote:MSU professor of microbiology and molecular genetics Chris Adami said it is human nature to take the safe bet when stakes are high — such as the odds of producing offspring.

“An individual might hold out to find the perfect mate but run the risk of coming up empty and leaving no progeny,” Adami said.

The researches tested many variables that influence risk-taking behaviour and concluded that certain conditions influence our decision-making process.

“We observe that risk aversion only evolves when the gamble is a rare event,” he said.

This means that the amount someone is willing to bet on finding the perfect mate is strongly related to the size of the pool they have to draw from.
“Settling early for the sure bet gives you an evolutionary advantage, if living in a small group,” he said.
“Preference for risk averse strategies only evolves in small populations of less than 1,000 individuals, or in populations segmented into groups of 150 individuals or fewer.”

With those numbers thought to be comparable to what primitive humans encountered in the past, one only has to look at them to see the theory in practice.
“Primitive humans were likely forced to bet on whether or not they could find a better mate,” Mr Adami said.
“They could either choose to mate with the first, potentially inferior, companion and risk inferior offspring, or they could wait for Mr. or Ms. Perfect to come around.
“If they chose to wait, they risk never mating.”
If you are freaking out because the only large groups you associate with are on Facebook and Twitter, fear not.
Researches have offered a glimmer of hope for those wanting to hold out for The One.
Adami said not everyone follows the same level of risk aversion when it comes to reproducing.
“We do not all evolve to be the same,” Adami said.
“Evolution creates diversity in our acceptance of risk, so you see some people who are more likely to take bigger risks than others. We see the same phenomenon in our simulations.”

The implications of this study are rather interesting. This study indirectly supports the idea that smaller family sizes if not greater singlehood is all but assured as a civilisation gets more technological and better able to cope with providing the resources of life. Basically, as your population gets larger, the need for risk aversion strategies declined. It is literally an evolutionary backing for the "Curse of Success".

I think this also has profound implications for feminism and where permissive society is likely to head. In effect, riding the cock carousel is not women exercising their freedom, it's an evolutionary expression of risk-taking adaptations in the species. Risk aversion strategies in evolutionary terms only happen when the populations are small and the stakes are high - i.e. when your odds of dying in childbirth or not finding any partner are great. Maybe -- maybe -- this explains the slow death of traditional values in less technologically advanced countries such as EE, SEA and whatnot: as Western culture penetrates, women are presented with a wider array of potential partners and so start riding the carousel thinking there will be someone waiting when she decides to get off it later on.

You might say this is almost biological evidence backing the proposition that men really, really should not be wifing up women in their 30s or 40s. When you do, it reinforces risk-taking behaviour in women, not only from a rational economic standpoint, but right from an evolutionary standpoint as well.

Post: #2

In other words when you are spoiled for choice, you are less likely to tie yourself down so fast. For some reason Sex and the City comes to mind. On the other hand, you could say the same for a lot of players. Roosh isn't sure if he wants to get married and have kids, but why would he be in a rush to do so when he has an abundance of Ukrainian girls around? It's common sense really.

Post: #3

Safest way to maximize your reproductive outcome from a male perspective is to knock-up as many good-looking chicks as you can.

Diversification is the name of the game in finance, a major theoretical underpinning of which is also risk aversion.

Post: #4

Great find. I think this nicely sums up how people who live in large, populated cities with good public transportation are likely to gamble more. No wonder how a sweet, small-town girl who moves to NYC in her 20s suddenly wants to 'experience life,' i.e., suck a bag of dicks. There are only 4 million men to choose from.

I come from a small, provincial place where you have to get everywhere by car. 99% of girls want to get married by their early 20s. High success rate, too. Now that I live in a dense city with good public transportation, suddenly career-driven carousel riders mid-collision with the dreaded wall, or sadly past it, are the great majority.

Also, from their abstract:

Hintze et al. Wrote:We observe that risk aversion only evolves when the gamble is a rare event that has a large impact on the individual's fitness. As such, we suggest that rare, high-risk, high-payoff events such as mating and mate competition could have driven the evolution of risk averse behavior in humans living in small groups.

Given that "mate competition" line, it's not much of a reach to infer that those who are less "fit" have less opportunity to gamble. Who can treat the gorilla bitches in his circle like shit, the 400 pound silverback or the bald, beer-bellied, bespectacled 200 pound ugly-ass monkey? Jumping to humans, this also explains the extremely high effectiveness of having options, or appearing to have options, when getting to know a girl. If a dude gambles with her sex, clearly he's fine getting it somewhere else. Hence, the girl perceives some hidden "fitness" that's not readily apparent. "This mothafucka has options."

Marcus Garvey Wrote:With confidence, you have won before you started.

Post: #5

(02-09-2015 10:22 PM)Deluge Wrote:  In other words when you are spoiled for choice, you are less likely to tie yourself down so fast. For some reason Sex and the City comes to mind. On the other hand, you could say the same for a lot of players. Roosh isn't sure if he wants to get married and have kids, but why would he be in a rush to do so when he has an abundance of Ukrainian girls around? It's common sense really.

This explains a lot about why the bulk of millennials are unable to get serious. Just replace mating options with "easy days" and it becomes simple to see why most millennials float through life; to them, there is no urgency!

Prolonged comfort often breeds weakness.

Post: #6

(02-10-2015 03:52 AM)Tactician Wrote:  Prolonged comfort often breeds weakness.

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