My anthropologist friend took great issue with the writer's likening of "pickup artists" such as "Mystery" to paleo-society alphas. The latter generally found m

My anthropologist friend took great issue with the writer's likening of "pickup artists" such as "Mystery" to paleo-society alphas. The latter generally found mates through the display of traits one would associate with the ability to provide and protect; the former does through displaying traits of thinly-veiled self-loathing and a general contempt for humanity. In other words, he would say that pick-up artists aren't regressive -- they're much worse than that.