I’ve had an idea for a “What I’ve learned from PUA post” bouncing around in my head for some time now. I would talk about what I’ve learned about the psychological differences between men and women and what that means for the dating market, NOT specific tip/tricks or anything like that. Would this be too controversial? I didn’t participate in the PUA debates before—they inspired me to learn about PUA to be honest—so I don’t know if I would be crossing a line.
There are enough examples of people making broad general claims about how men and women think and behave that aren’t particularly supported by data that such a post is, I expect, something of an uphill climb.
Put another way: that any given post on the subject is just another attempt to support pre-existing social preconceptions with pragmatic-sounding but ultimately ungrounded assertions is a pretty high prior probability for some readers (myself included), so overcoming that prior with evidence is important.
That said, IMHO a post that is demonstrably grounded in actual data, genuinely relevant to questions of how people think and behave, and at least somewhat novel ought to garner more approval than disapproval.
I’ve had an idea for a “What I’ve learned from PUA post” bouncing around in my head for some time now. I would talk about what I’ve learned about the psychological differences between men and women and what that means for the dating market, NOT specific tip/tricks or anything like that. Would this be too controversial? I didn’t participate in the PUA debates before—they inspired me to learn about PUA to be honest—so I don’t know if I would be crossing a line.
There are enough examples of people making broad general claims about how men and women think and behave that aren’t particularly supported by data that such a post is, I expect, something of an uphill climb.
Put another way: that any given post on the subject is just another attempt to support pre-existing social preconceptions with pragmatic-sounding but ultimately ungrounded assertions is a pretty high prior probability for some readers (myself included), so overcoming that prior with evidence is important.
That said, IMHO a post that is demonstrably grounded in actual data, genuinely relevant to questions of how people think and behave, and at least somewhat novel ought to garner more approval than disapproval.