<p><a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/175/#transcript">Read the full transcript here.</a> </p><div class="notes-inner"><p>Why do even people who accept evolutionary explanations for most biological phenomena often push back against evolutionary explanations for human psychology? To what extent should humans adjust their behavior in light of evopsych findings? How do evopsych researchers avoid formulating "just so" stories to explain specific behaviors? What can we infer about human behavior from the behaviors of chimps, bonobos, gorillas, or orangutans? What is the evopsych view of incest (which most people seem to find disgusting but which is also one of the most popular porn categories)? Are emotions primarily shaped by evolution or by culture? How can evopsych findings be applied to everyday things like dating? A safely-aligned AI system should presumably support the majority of human values; so how should AI alignment researchers think about religious values, which are generally held by the majority of humans but which differ radically in their specifics from group to group? What are some other rarely-considered AI alignment blind spots?</p><p>Geoffrey Miller is an evolutionary psychologist best known for his books <em>The Mating Mind</em> (2001), <em>Mating Intelligence</em> (2008), <em>Spent</em> (2009), and <em>Mate</em> (2015). He also has over 110 academic publications addressing sexual selection, mate choice, signaling theory, fitness indicators, consumer behavior, marketing, intelligence, creativity, language, art, music, humor, emotions, personality, psychopathology, and behavior genetics. He holds a B.A. in biology and psychology from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Stanford University, and he is a tenured associate professor at University of New Mexico. Follow him on Twitter at @primalpoly, or find out more about him on his website, <a href="https://primalpoly.com">primalpoly.com</a>.</p> </div><div>[<a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/175/geoffrey-miller-is-evolutionary-psychology-just-a-bunch-of-just-so-stories">Read more</a>]</div>

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