Ep173 "Why Do We Have Emotions?" with Robert Kurzban
Summary
In this episode of Inner Cosmos, David Eagleman interviews evolutionary psychologist Rob Kurzban to explore the functional purpose of human emotions. They discuss how feelings like hunger, fear, and jealousy evolved as measurement systems that detect specific threats or needs to motivate adaptive behavior. Kurzban outlines a taxonomy of emotions based on their evolutionary functions, ranging from body maintenance to social bonding and cognitive processing. The conversation also examines how these ancient systems interact with modern challenges, such as social media validation and dating app…
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