virus: A Foolish Consistency

Reed Konsler (konsler@ascat.harvard.edu)
Sat, 29 Mar 1997 18:29:04 -0500 (EST)


Richard Brodie said:

>David Buss, in his book The Evolution of Desire, details research in
>which men were shown to consistently overrate women's interest in them.
>He concluded that believing women were more interested than they really
>were was a successful mating strategy and therefore evolution selected
>for it.

This reminds me of a quote from my old college roommate:

"They all want me, they just don't know it yet."

Reed

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