dxu comments on What are "the really good ideas" that Peter Thiel says are too dangerous to mention? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: dxu 12 April 2015 10:25:15PM *  2 points [-]

Male to female

Are you specifying that direction of love, or are you simply referring to heterosexual love in general? If the former, why not the other way around (female-to-male)? If the latter, why not include other orientations?

Comment author: Liron 12 April 2015 11:25:03PM *  3 points [-]

The former; I was being precise. I don't think the reverse direction is true. My beliefs in both directions come from a combination of my understanding of evolutionary psychology plus anecdotal observations of myself and others. I can elaborate but I'll also ask why others don't believe this.

Also I should add this obviously isn't true for all males. I'm just trying to model the average case.

Comment author: DanielLC 13 April 2015 05:59:44AM 0 points [-]

Do you have a guess as to how much love in the reverse direction is physical attraction?

Comment author: Liron 13 April 2015 06:49:44AM 0 points [-]

15%

Comment author: CurtisSerVaas 12 April 2015 11:53:16PM 0 points [-]

Also I should add this obviously isn't true for any males.

I think you meant to type many.

Comment author: Liron 13 April 2015 01:36:23AM 0 points [-]

Thx, edited.