Comments on: Evolution, Cuisine and Romance

By: Son of Priam

Son of Priam — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:24:42 +0000

Greg, shouldn’t you credit or acknowledge Roberto Campus for the sketch of Wonder Woman? Especially since you removed the credit from the lower left corner of the image?http://www.robertocampus.com/2007/06/28/photoshop-tutorial-wonder-woman-pin-up-digital-painting/

By: Son of Priam

Son of Priam — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:19:10 +0000

Tony, indeed, this is Geoff Miller’s specialty — the role of intelligence, creativity, humor, and romance in mate (and quite likely natural) selection.Most of his publications are available at his website:http://www.unm.edu/~psych/faculty/lg_gmiller.html

By: Tony Jeremiah

Tony Jeremiah — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:53:55 +0000

This may be of interest…’G.F. Miller, in his 1993 doctoral dissertation, made the startling claim that human creativity (and much of what we consider “human intelligence”) evolved as a “protean courtship device”…Miller suggested that our ancestors happened to favor mates who were more psychologically entertaining than average, rather than just those who had brightly colored hair or unusual size, perhaps because tactical unpredictability and creativity were especially important in competition for survival among socially intelligent hominids.’ (Freyd, 1994, p.123)ReferenceFreyd, J.J. (1994). Circling creativity. Psychological Science, 5, 33-37.

By: Son of Priam

Son of Priam — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:30:34 +0000

This implies that you think women are baked potatoes. Poor Amanda.

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:36:10 +0000

I’m thoroughly tempted to skip out on my meeting tonight to see this. However, there will be only three of us. I suspect my absence would be noted.

By: BJN

BJN — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:48:43 +0000

How to draw “Sparkette” is tasteful? That’s a pose reserved for “Hot Rod” cover photos or James Bond babes. The spud looks pretty hot too. Fries + fires = Serif

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:07:00 +0000

Oh, man, did you have to go and tell everybody!?!?

By: Lorax

Lorax — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:53:13 +0000

Sadly, Ill have to miss it. I assume from the figure you’ll be telling us the best to impress women is to take them to McDonald’s or Burger King for an order of super-sized fries. If not, hopefully one of the attendees will summarize it for me. Have fun!

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:06:23 +0000

Betsy: Just tell them who you are at the door, you’ll get right past the rope line. (After all, you are IN the talk…)

By: Betsy

Betsy — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:02:19 +0000

See you there!