Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Big Brain Lecture: The (Deeply Misunderstood) Evolutionary Science of Attraction
- Doors
- 7 PM
For decades, a buzzy branch of science has spread a deeply flawed story about romantic relationships, cloaking itself in the language of incontrovertible Darwinian fact. Evolutionary psychology claims our minds were shaped by primal drives that pit the genders against each other, from the myth that men are wired to be promiscuous to the notion that wealth, status, and beauty are the ultimate aphrodisiacs.