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program_whiz • today at 3:35 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Yes, crazy how ignoring the evidence for all of human history to support your theory means that otherwise the most rational, educated, successful people in the world are complete buffoons.

On the other hand if we are partially controlled by biological drives, it explains these patterns we repeatedly observe, despite the consequences. I posit Jensen is not among "the stupidest people on earth" but that the skills that allow him to head a trillion dollar company are separate from the have-an-affair part of his biology. Of course, you could be right, maybe Bezos, Gates, Juang, Clinton, and others are just really stupid.


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rithdmc • today at 3:55 PM

Cheating is not part of men's biological wiring. Survival and procreation are, and monogamy is a new enough concept.