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  <description>Yoel and Mickey welcome evolutionary psychologist Joshua Tybur to the podcast to discuss COVID-19 and the function of disgust as part of the behavioral immune system. What is the relationship between disgust sensitivity and political orientation? Can the theory of evolutionary act as a meta-theory for the study of human psychology? Why is evolutionary psychology so controversial and polarizing?
Bonus: Would Mickey inflate a new unlubricated condom with his mouth? Special Guest: Joshua Tybur.
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<p>Bonus: Would Mickey inflate a new unlubricated condom with his mouth?</p><p>Special Guest: Joshua Tybur.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus is a Video-On-Demand service brought to you by The Great Courses – the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment. With thousands of in-depth videos taught by the world’s greatest professors, you’ll always have something fascinating to learn about.</a> Promo Code: BEERS</li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Moosehead Radler | Blog | Moosehead Breweries" rel="nofollow" href="https://moosehead.ca/brands/moosehead-radler">Moosehead Radler | Blog | Moosehead Breweries</a></li><li><a title="Home - Jopenkerk Haarlem" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jopenkerk.nl/haarlem/en/">Home - Jopenkerk Haarlem</a></li><li><a title="How Coronavirus Bypasses Our Behavioral Immune System (And What We Can Do About It) – The Evolution Institute" rel="nofollow" href="https://evolution-institute.org/how-coronavirus-bypasses-our-behavioral-immune-system-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/">How Coronavirus Bypasses Our Behavioral Immune System (And What We Can Do About It) – The Evolution Institute</a></li><li><a title="Is the relationship between pathogen avoidance and ideological conservatism explained by sexual strategies? - ScienceDirect" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513815000173">Is the relationship between pathogen avoidance and ideological conservatism explained by sexual strategies? - ScienceDirect</a></li><li><a title="Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations | PNAS" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.pnas.org/content/113/44/12408.full">Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations | PNAS</a></li><li><a title="Why do people vary in disgust? | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences" rel="nofollow" href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2017.0204">Why do people vary in disgust? | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences</a></li><li><a title="Testing the Controversy | SpringerLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-007-9024-y">Testing the Controversy | SpringerLink</a></li><li><a title="When theory trumps ideology: Lessons from evolutionary psychology | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/when-theory-trumps-ideology-lessons-from-evolutionary-psychology/0C3EFD547C6DAC3A0968E889BBBEFE89">When theory trumps ideology: Lessons from evolutionary psychology | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core</a></li><li><a title="Frontiers | Why isn&#39;t everyone an evolutionary psychologist? | Psychology" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00910/full">Frontiers | Why isn't everyone an evolutionary psychologist? | Psychology</a></li><li><a title="Do social psychologists have an ideological aversion to evolutionary psychology? – Research Digest" rel="nofollow" href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/11/27/many-social-psychologists-are-impeded-by-their-ideological-aversion-to-evolutionary-psychology/">Do social psychologists have an ideological aversion to evolutionary psychology? – Research Digest</a></li><li><a title="Cue masking and cultural signals: Testing context-specific preferences for bald(ing) leaders - ScienceDirect" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103119300551">Cue masking and cultural signals: Testing context-specific preferences for bald(ing) leaders - ScienceDirect</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Yoel and Mickey welcome evolutionary psychologist Joshua Tybur to the podcast to discuss COVID-19 and the function of disgust as part of the behavioral immune system. What is the relationship between disgust sensitivity and political orientation? Can the theory of evolutionary act as a meta-theory for the study of human psychology? Why is evolutionary psychology so controversial and polarizing?</p>

<p>Bonus: Would Mickey inflate a new unlubricated condom with his mouth?</p><p>Special Guest: Joshua Tybur.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus is a Video-On-Demand service brought to you by The Great Courses – the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment. With thousands of in-depth videos taught by the world’s greatest professors, you’ll always have something fascinating to learn about.</a> Promo Code: BEERS</li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Moosehead Radler | Blog | Moosehead Breweries" rel="nofollow" href="https://moosehead.ca/brands/moosehead-radler">Moosehead Radler | Blog | Moosehead Breweries</a></li><li><a title="Home - Jopenkerk Haarlem" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jopenkerk.nl/haarlem/en/">Home - Jopenkerk Haarlem</a></li><li><a title="How Coronavirus Bypasses Our Behavioral Immune System (And What We Can Do About It) – The Evolution Institute" rel="nofollow" href="https://evolution-institute.org/how-coronavirus-bypasses-our-behavioral-immune-system-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/">How Coronavirus Bypasses Our Behavioral Immune System (And What We Can Do About It) – The Evolution Institute</a></li><li><a title="Is the relationship between pathogen avoidance and ideological conservatism explained by sexual strategies? - ScienceDirect" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513815000173">Is the relationship between pathogen avoidance and ideological conservatism explained by sexual strategies? - ScienceDirect</a></li><li><a title="Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations | PNAS" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.pnas.org/content/113/44/12408.full">Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations | PNAS</a></li><li><a title="Why do people vary in disgust? | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences" rel="nofollow" href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2017.0204">Why do people vary in disgust? | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences</a></li><li><a title="Testing the Controversy | SpringerLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-007-9024-y">Testing the Controversy | SpringerLink</a></li><li><a title="When theory trumps ideology: Lessons from evolutionary psychology | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/when-theory-trumps-ideology-lessons-from-evolutionary-psychology/0C3EFD547C6DAC3A0968E889BBBEFE89">When theory trumps ideology: Lessons from evolutionary psychology | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core</a></li><li><a title="Frontiers | Why isn&#39;t everyone an evolutionary psychologist? | Psychology" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00910/full">Frontiers | Why isn't everyone an evolutionary psychologist? | Psychology</a></li><li><a title="Do social psychologists have an ideological aversion to evolutionary psychology? – Research Digest" rel="nofollow" href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/11/27/many-social-psychologists-are-impeded-by-their-ideological-aversion-to-evolutionary-psychology/">Do social psychologists have an ideological aversion to evolutionary psychology? – Research Digest</a></li><li><a title="Cue masking and cultural signals: Testing context-specific preferences for bald(ing) leaders - ScienceDirect" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103119300551">Cue masking and cultural signals: Testing context-specific preferences for bald(ing) leaders - ScienceDirect</a></li></ul>]]>
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