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#385 - Red Pill vs. Stoicism: Facts, Values, and Virtue in Relationships

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In this episode, I revisit my recent conversation with Tim Ash on evolutionary psychology and take a deeper dive into its most cited facts. From sex differences in mate preferences to jealousy, pair bonding, and courtship rituals, these scientific findings describe human nature as shaped by our evolutionary past. But facts alone don’t tell us how to live. That’s where the Red Pill movement often goes wrong — by adding value judgments and weaponizing these facts to justify cynicism, control, and distrust. Stoicism offers a different path: align with facts, but act with wisdom, justice, courage, and temperance. I’ll walk through ten evolutionary psychology findings, show how Red Pill frames and distorts them, and explain the Stoic framing that keeps us grounded in virtue.

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In this episode, I revisit my recent conversation with Tim Ash on evolutionary psychology and take a deeper dive into its most cited facts. From sex differences in mate preferences to jealousy, pair bonding, and courtship rituals, these scientific findings describe human nature as shaped by our evolutionary past. But facts alone don’t tell us how to live. That’s where the Red Pill movement often goes wrong — by adding value judgments and weaponizing these facts to justify cynicism, control, and distrust. Stoicism offers a different path: align with facts, but act with wisdom, justice, courage, and temperance. I’ll walk through ten evolutionary psychology findings, show how Red Pill frames and distorts them, and explain the Stoic framing that keeps us grounded in virtue.

  continue reading

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