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The most interesting part of that to me is on selectivity. Male selectivity is invariant to changes in group size, while doubling the group size (speed dating c
by scarmig 3y ago
The most interesting part of that to me is on selectivity. Male selectivity is invariant to changes in group size, while doubling the group size (speed dating context, something like doubling from 10 to 20 IIRC) makes women increase their selectivity by 13%.
In the contemporary world of OLD, imagine you scaled that group size from 20 to 2000. You would see a massive increase in selectivity (around 10 doublings), which accounts for a lot of the issues with OLD, while at the same time offering an alternative: focus on small groups instead of the digital meat market.