[ExI] Meta question again

[William Flynn Wallace]

 Five men get a reward… 4 get a  $100 and 1 gets $500. Who is more likely
to impress a lady on a date?  tara

I think this is really sad. Pathetic, even.  But true.  Women are like
bower bird females.

  bill w

On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Tara Maya <tara at taramayastales.com> wrote:

> It is a crazy aspect of human psychology, which undoubtedly causes us a
> lot of grief. But it isn’t exactly “irrational" for them to be upset once
> they know one of them has more. From the standpoint of evolutionary
> psychology, the comparison might well be more important than the absolute
> amount (as long as it’s above subsistence levels of reward).
>
> Just re-phrase. Five men get a reward… 4 get a  $100 and 1 gets $500. Who
> is more likely to impress a lady on a date?
>
> They other four are right to be jealous when you take into account
> competition for reproduction and not just survival.
>
> > On Aug 25, 2016, at 8:37 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hey! Pay attention at the back! :)  You're a psychologist. You know
> > it's all relative.
> > If you give a group of people 100 USD each, they go away very happy.
> > But if you tell them that group B got 500 USD each, they promptly
> > become unhappy, jealous and feel unfairly treated.
> > It shouldn't make any difference. They still have their 100 USD each,
> > but humans aren't wired like that.
>
> Tara Maya
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