About this episode
Dr. Danie Sulikowski discusses the concept of virtue signaling as a human equivalent to the peacock's feathers in mate selection.
A peacock's feathers are useless, except to signal to the peahen that he is healthy and would make a good mate. These are hard to fake signals of fitness. Dr. Danie Sulikowski, an evolutionary psychologist, says that virtue signaling is the human equivalent of the peacock's feathers.
People in this episode
Host: Ryan Rogers
Guest: Dr. Danie Sulikowski
Topics covered
- virtue signaling
- evolutionary psychology
- human behavior
- fitness signals
- mate selection
Keywords
- virtue signaling
- evolutionary psychology
- peacock feathers
- fitness signals
- mate selection
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