[speakeasy]

I wouldn't exactly put it in those words, but what I believe is that much if not most of our behavior is subconsciously motivated toward attracting a mate and passing on our genes. We are basically mating robots that nature programmed with a directive. Why do guys want a nice car? Sure some just like to speed and have good handling, but more often than not, it's a way to announce to women that we are successful and would be good people to mate with. Same with wanting nice clothes, a nice condo, a good job, etc. I see all these guys working out at the gym, and if they are honest with themselves, most of them just want to look good so they can attract the best person possible in the mating game. Most these people will probably let themselves go once they are married. I look at all the attention whoring on facebook and all it is when it comes down to it is trying to attract attention from the opposite sex. I've noticed time and time again girls who post incessently every detail of their lives in facebook updates, and once they get a boyfriend, they vanish. The hornier and more lonely the woman, the more she posts. In fact you can almost time a woman's horniness cycles by how fanatically she starts posting. It's just her saying, "look at me, look at me!" The mating drive influences damn near everything we do.