Hobbes' Choice wrote:
In my experience "Business Insider" is not a reliable or worthy source. Its to sort of stuff that PhilX cites all the time.
The link reveals.
In Study 1, participants who scored higher on a self-report altruism measure reported they were more desirable to the opposite sex, as well as reported having more sex partners, more casual sex partners, and having sex more often within relationships. Sex moderated some of these relationships, such that altruism mattered more for men's number of lifetime and casual sex partners. In Study 2, participants who were willing to donate potential monetary winnings (in a modified dictator dilemma) reported having more lifetime sex partners, more casual sex partners, and more sex partners over the past year
No reference at all to sense of humour!! The BI article fallaciously asserts that altruism is a greater predictor for sexual attraction than sense of humour.
"No reference at all to sense of humor!!" Learn how to read jackass. I quote from the article:
"All of this is not to say other traits don’t matter. Humour is also important to women selecting a mate, researchers have found. It makes women assume a man is more intelligent.
A sense of humour is a good indicator of sexual activity, too. In one study, men who women rated as funnier reported having more sex with more partners.
For building long-term relationships, though, researchers find over and over again that altruism is a crucial and highly desirable trait.
Psychologists have yet to pit humour head-to-head against altruism. It’s also important to keep in mind that many of these studies are small, and that people often behave differently in real life than they do in a lab setting, or when responding to a survey. Especially when reporting positive experiences like charity work or sex, men may be more likely to overestimate how much they actually do those things. And due to the way these kinds of studies are designed, they can’t say conclusively that it’s altruism specifically that’s attractive; it might be other traits associated with altruism, or that men attractive for other reasons might also happen to be altruistic.
But the large number of studies and the consistent findings in favour of altruism are building a pretty solid case that there are some side benefits to doing good deeds. No matter what, if you’re a man seeking a woman — especially for a long-term partnership — helping others can’t hurt."
So jackass, how many more words are you going to put into BI's mouth? You certainly seem to have a touch towards twisting the meaning of words around to make it seem like someone has said something which isn't the truth. How about going back to Philosophy Forum, Hog's Choice, and enlighten them with your foolishness? I would tell you to go back to Online Philosophy Club and do the same over there except I know Scott booted your ass clean out of that website.
PhilX
