The things Andrew Tate say DO have truth to them. That's why men are drawn to them, because they instinctively know there is truth there.

To disregard the things Tate says as "nonsense" is not correct. Evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology are real things, and they DO explain a lot of the behaviour of women.

It's just that it's more complex than that, and Andrew Tate's ideology is too simplistic and doesn't go deep enough. It can also be harmful for a lot of guys.

But when people disregard what Tate says as nonsense, they’re only demonstrating that they do not understand evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology. There is SOME truth to what Tate says.

Your friend, who you say is intelligent, has picked up on that. He’s picked up on it because he’s intelligent.