1309: Paul Eastwick | Science Says You're More Attractive Than You Know

Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show. Your wife probably thinks that you're a 10. Otherwise, your relationship would not have gotten to this point. This is the beautiful part of the perception of compatibility, that really it's all in what people think. And because I'm a psychologist, the subjective is beautiful to me.

Yeah, your wife thinks you're more desirable than other people think. That's why you work so well together. I'm sorry, ripped guys. When you come along, maybe you are an eight on average, but she doesn't think that. She thinks you're a six because people also do this thing called derogation of alternatives, which means because she's happily partnered with you, she looks at these other guys and thinks they're worse.

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