FWIW, I found the article somewhat cringy, partly because of the references to pick-up artist culture that don’t include the disclaimers I’d expect for practices such as negging: it ends up sounding like the OP endorses the practice.
The other part is that the tone of the article sounds wildly overconfident to me given the evidence presented. A strongly counterintuitive finding needs more justification than a link to an outside source IMO. I’d have taken away more with more in-text explanations and less overall points made.
As far as the pickup-up theme goes, it’s worth noting that the whole article doesn’t say anything about vulnerability and the value of opening up to the person with whom you want to start or keep a relationship.
FWIW, I found the article somewhat cringy, partly because of the references to pick-up artist culture that don’t include the disclaimers I’d expect for practices such as negging: it ends up sounding like the OP endorses the practice.
The other part is that the tone of the article sounds wildly overconfident to me given the evidence presented. A strongly counterintuitive finding needs more justification than a link to an outside source IMO. I’d have taken away more with more in-text explanations and less overall points made.
As far as the pickup-up theme goes, it’s worth noting that the whole article doesn’t say anything about vulnerability and the value of opening up to the person with whom you want to start or keep a relationship.