<i>And I&#x27;m pretty sure that significant numbers of people approach meeting and mating with more sincerity than bullshit.</i><p>You may be right.  But that doesn&#x27;t contradict what I said.  I&#x27;m not saying we approach that, or anything else, with <i>complete</i> bullshit. I&#x27;m saying we all (or close to all) approach it with <i>some</i> bullshit.  Perhaps not even consciously, but we&#x27;re all trying to sell ourselves, make ourselves look more desirable, etc. in various ways.<p><i>Killing the mating competition, or even lower level violence, is very relatively rare these days.</i>]<p>&quot;Relatively&quot; in this context is ill-defined, but I&#x27;d be curious to see the numbers on how many murders&#x2F;assaults&#x2F;etc. ultimately involve jealousy over romantic&#x2F;sexual partners, infidelity, cuckolding, etc.