"If most of your courtship attempts have succeeded, you must be a very attractive and charming person who has been aiming too low."

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Geoffrey Miller

Psychologist, Author

Geoffrey Miller is an evolutionary psychologist known for his work on human mating and the evolution of intelligence, particularly in his book 'The Mating Mind'.

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Geoffrey Miller Psychologist, Author

"Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. From a sexual selection viewpoint, moral philosophy and political theory have mostly been attempts to shift male human sexual competitiveness from physical violence to the peaceful accumulation of wealth and status. The rights to life, liberty, and property are cultural inventions that function, in part, to keep males from killing and stealing from one another while they compete to attract sexual partners."

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