Chapter 1
Introduction

The Origin of Emotions identifies the purpose, trigger and effect of each emotion.

This is a sample of the assertions made in this book:

• mothers only love their children for 33 months
• men only love a woman for 42 months
• only women feel infatuation and heartbreak
• only men feel jealousy
• you feel revenge when a rule breaker harms you
• you stop feeling revenge when you retaliate
• you feel pride when your rank rises
• you feel humiliation when your rank falls
• you feel humor when another person’s rank falls
• you feel envy when a peer’s rank rises above yours
• you are always doing what is best for the species

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Happiness Dissected  is a more practical version of The Origin of Emotions.