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The hosts repeatedly highlighted the book as a data‑driven follow‑up to the author’s earlier work, noting its insights into attraction, earnings, and even early COVID‑19 outbreak predictions. It was recommended as a useful resource for understanding relationship dynamics and was even offered to be emailed to a co‑host. Overall, the podcast treated it as a valuable, highly recommended read.
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He noted that the book explained how men are biologically wired to find other women attractive, indicating it is a normal brain response rather than a sign of relationship problems.
Who was the dude that did Don't Trust Your Gut and Everybody Lies? Seth Stevens-Davidowitz, Don't Trust Your Gut. Wonderful book.
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The book was mentioned alongside Everybody Lies as another title by Seth StephensDavidowitz discussed by the host.
I had a Seth StephensDavidowitz on the show who wrote Everybody Lies and Don't Trust Your Gut.
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The newer book was described as a followup to Everybody Lies and was strongly recommended.
Don't trust your gut is the new one.
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The hosts cited the book as evidence that Google search data had been used to forecast COVID19 outbreaks several days before official reports, and also referenced its claim that earnings can influence perceived attractiveness.
Another stat, which I picked up last year from Seth Stevens Davidowitz's book, Don't Trust Your Gut is a man who works in hospitality and earns $300,000 a year is the same level of attractiveness as a firefighter or a lawyer that earned $60,000 a year.
If you're wanting to read more, Seth, the guy that wrote Don't Trust Your Gut, during COVID, during the first wave of COVID, he was able, using aggregated Google search data, to predict where outbreaks were going to occur three to five days before they did with greater accuracy than the CDC.
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Waldinger mentioned the datascience book as a recent favorite that examines predictors of longterm relationship success, and later said he would email a copy to the host. It was highlighted as a useful resource for understanding relationship dynamics.
The other data science book that I got really interested in over the last year was Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth Stevens-Davidowitz.
I will send it over on email afterward, that book, Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth.
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Harford said he skimmed the book and enjoyed it, noting it built on ideas from the author's earlier work, Everybody Lies.
Did you read Seth Stevens Davidowitz's Don't Trust Your Gut earlier this year? I skimmed it. I enjoyed his first one, which was Everybody Lies? Yes. I got more out of Everybody Lies.