The Ornamental Mind

"I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men." —Nikola Tesla

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction: Dysgenic fertility?
3:23 Mental traits are fitness indicators
5:13 The mind’s reproductive system
6:48 Failures of Mating Intelligence
9:28 Adaptive Mating Intelligence

References:
- Satoshi Kanazawa: General Intelligence as a Domain-Specific Adaptation
- Geoffrey Miller: The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
- Andrew Shaner, Geoffrey Miller, Jim Mintz: Mental Disorders as Catastrophic Failures of Mating Intelligence

Image: A Tale from the Decameron by John William Waterhouse