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In reply to the discussion: EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY IS HERE TO STAY: A RESPONSE TO BULLER [View all]

Bonobo

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12. I don't know anyone here who said it was ALWAYS in play, but
Reply to Gravitycollapse (Reply #11)
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 09:51 PM
Oct 2013

I do know a number of people who claim the entire approach is ridiculous and worthy of scorn as a concept.

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EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY IS HERE TO STAY: A RESPONSE TO BULLER [View all] Bonobo Oct 2013 OP
While I don't doubt all Evo-psych, I hate when it's used to describe certain things it shouldn't. Dash87 Oct 2013 #1
Excess in anything is bad. Bonobo Oct 2013 #2
Evolutionary psychology, for the most part, is no more falsifiable than blank slate theories. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #3
Instincts. Bonobo Oct 2013 #4
That you have so nonchalantly confined sexuality so tightly is extremely problematic. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #5
Yes, it is a complex and multi-layered matter to be sure. Bonobo Oct 2013 #6
Maybe Jews are just naturally more greedy. Maybe black people naturally have a lower average IQ. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #7
I think a descent into absurdities does not invalidate the approach. Bonobo Oct 2013 #8
There are in fact clearly environmental effects that alter the physicality of an animal... Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #9
No doubt. Bonobo Oct 2013 #10
So thus we have shifted away from "how much" to "when." Which is an important distinction. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #11
I don't know anyone here who said it was ALWAYS in play, but Bonobo Oct 2013 #12
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