Thursday, November 11, 2010

Deep Rationality II: Conspicuous Consumption as Mating Display | Psychology Today

Deep Rationality II: Conspicuous Consumption as Mating Display | Psychology Today:
"By flashing its brilliant tail, a peacock increases his chances of becoming some predator’s dinner; it’s like he’s turning on a neon sign that says “eat here.” If nature selects those animals that are better at surviving, then how can such a display (what biologists now call a “costly signal”) evolve? The

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