PhD student in CU Boulder’s Evolutionary Social Cognition lab. interested in political decision making, morals, and cooperation. Email| riley.loria@colorado.edu
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Our new paper is out! We find that three common advocacy tactics do not work or can even back fire when attempting to grab the attention of policymakers to engage with climate science. See full paper here! rdcu.be/d8hJ9
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Vice President Harris: I am not Joe Biden and I am certainly not Donald Trump. What I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country
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“Because it feels fun” is not an alternative to an evolutionary explanation!
Sex can feel fun.
Making friends can feel fun.
Winning status can feel fun.
Better question: Why do some activities feel fun (or generate behavior consistent w those feelings)?
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HBES mourns the death of one of its founders, John Tooby (1952-2023), on Fri Nov 10th. John was co-director of the UCSB Center for Evolutionary Psychology with Leda Cosmides, and was HBES President (1999-2001). He had an enormous impact on the field & will be sorely missed.
Hey everyone! I’m working on an updated measure of moral values (purity specifically) for a testing and measurement course. If you’re 18 or older and live in the US please help me out! ucsas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form…
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Evolution doesn’t act on our psychology such that we “want to procreate”.
If it did men would be queuing up at sperm banks. It created desires for acts that throughout our evolutionary history led to survival/offspring, i.e., sex.
Many features of the modern mating market are mismatched e.g., the pill. Also, status striving incentive structures.
Made it to Palm Springs for #hbes2023!!! I’m so stoked to be back for an IRL conference!