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Evolutionary psychology is a set of just-so stories. There's no science there, no way to remove massively confounding factors, no way to experiment. I suspect t
by EliRivers 11y ago
Evolutionary psychology is a set of just-so stories. There's no science there, no way to remove massively confounding factors, no way to experiment. I suspect that in other cultures, in other times, evolutionary psychologists would have come up with different just-so stories to match whatever their local breeding preferences were.
- ue_ 11y agoAn example of these just-so stories from another culture is nihonjinron (日本人論). It's the study of Japanese people, and often propped up by pseudoscience or explanations based in evolution that are impossible to verify.
- Chris2048 11y agoBut, it makes sense to me to examine the brain as a product of evolution. Does it have to be a science to have value? > in other cultures, in other times There is at least a substance to evolution, it's not the same as bible quotes