Animal Instincts: Q&A With Geoffrey Miller
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Geoffrey Miller believes sex is a primary basis for how consumers decide what to buy.
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Geoffrey Miller believes sex is a primary basis for how consumers decide what to buy.
The FanHouse - Chicago Bears (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
by Geoffrey Miller Filed under: Jeff Gordon , Jimmie Johnson , Mark Martin , Chase for the Sprint Cup , Sprint Cup The cloudy white smoke from Jimmie Johnson 's marathon victory burnout at Phoenix International Raceway Sunday seemed to have a double meaning. On one hand, it was a celebration for all that Johnson has done right in the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup as he marches towards...
New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller has written a book called Spent, subtitled Sex, Evolution and the Secrets of Consumerism. Is "Spent" a pun, or is it me? There are not, I suspect, many laughs in evolutionary psychology, a mean little discipline, which at best justifies male chauvinism, and at worst reduces us all to apes. Reviewer Paul Seabright quotes in the Times...
The FanHouse - Wisconsin Basketball (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
by Geoffrey Miller Filed under: Ryan Newman , Talladega Superspeedway , NASCAR Crashes , NASCAR Videos , Sprint Cup Ryan Newman left Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday obviously sore and presumably irritated after flipping violently in a late-race crash near the end of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' AMP Energy 500. Newman, who was uninjured, was trapped in the car for several minutes as...
The FanHouse - Navy Football (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
by Geoffrey Miller Filed under: Jeff Gordon , Jimmie Johnson , Mark Martin , Ryan Newman , Chase for the Sprint Cup , Sprint Cup The Essentials Race: Tums 500 Where: Martinsville Speedway Time: Sunday 1:30 p.m. EST TV/Radio: ABC, MRN Radio Twitter: Updates @ FanHouseRacing Forecast: Mostly sunny, High 60s Distance: 500 laps (263 miles) Pole Winner: Ryan Newman 2008 Winner: Jimmie Johnson...
The FanHouse - Maryland Basketball (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
by Geoffrey Miller Filed under: A.J. Allmendinger , Sprint Cup NASCAR and Richard Petty Motorsports look a little more spineless today. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver A.J. Allmendinger was arrested for DWI early Thursday morning in Mooresville, N.C., after being pulled over and blowing a .08 on a Breathalyzer test -- the legal limit for intoxication in the state. Cited for a misdemeanor,...
Gene Expression (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
... upon women, they may also offer women a salvation from plagues. The evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller constructs a speculative illustration of this principle in The Mating Mind , while the behavioral ecologist Bobbi S. Low reports on more concrete cases in Why Sex Matters . Why patriarchy? One might have to the pathogens which inevitability threaten to turn into the bane of...
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
In reference to the frequent texts from Helen Clark to her former colleagues, Geoffrey Miller e-mails me the following: National uses Crosby Textor. Labour uses Clarky Texter. Heh, very good. Tags: Crosby/Textor, Helen Clark
The FanHouse - Syracuse Football (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
by Geoffrey Miller Filed under: Carl Edwards , Jeff Burton , Jimmie Johnson , Lowes Motor Speedway , Chase for the Sprint Cup , Camping World Truck Series The Essentials Race: NASCAR Banking 500 Where: Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C. Time: Saturday 7:30 p.m./EST TV/Radio: ABC, PRN Radio Twitter: Updates @ FanHouseRacing Forecast: Mostly cloudy, 40s, 20% rain Distance: 334 laps (500.1...
The FanHouse - Texas Basketball (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
by Geoffrey Miller Filed under: Jeff Gordon , Jimmie Johnson , Juan Pablo Montoya , Mark Martin , Tony Stewart , Chase for the Sprint Cup , Sprint Cup Jeff Gordon gave Jimmie Johnson a handshake in victory lane to congratulate his teammate on yet another win, but really, it just symbolized what most NASCAR fans have to be fearing -- it's time to throw in the towel yet again at the feet...
The FanHouse - Denver Broncos (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
by Geoffrey Miller Filed under: Daytona Int'l Speedway , NASCAR Media Watch , Sprint Cup Beginning with the 2010 Daytona 500 , NASCAR fans won't have to deal with much variation in terms of start times for Sprint Cup races. NASCAR and its three television broadcast partners announced Wednesday that they are moving to a uniform -- and often earlier -- drop of the green flag for races...