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Episode: #140 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain
Pub date: 2020-11-20

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:27) – Falling in love

(25:10) – Love at first sight

(39:49) – Romantic

(43:48) – Writing process

(54:32) – Evolution of the human brain

(1:08:41) – Nature of evil

(1:17:23) – Love is an evolutionary advantage

(1:21:59) – Variation in species

(1:27:41) – Does evolution have a direction?

(1:45:19) – Love with an inanimate object

(1:49:37) – Just be yourself is confusing advice

(1:59:49) – Consciousness

(2:06:26) – Book recommendations

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