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An evolutionary argument like the one he uses is _always_ a big, stinky, red flag.
by bsmith89 10y ago
An evolutionary argument like the one he uses is _always_ a big, stinky, red flag.
- noahlt 10y agoThe way you say this makes it sounds like you have examples of times when evolutionary arguments have been used in the past. I'd love to hear some examples.
- trgn 10y agoWomen go to the bathroom together because in our hunter gatherer days roaming the Savannah, if you squatted to pee you couldn't see a predator coming in the long grass. So you needed somebody to stand up on the lookout. And if evolutionary psychology is not your style, here's a take on the selfish gene. The purpose of the human organism is for shit to make more shit. (btw, these were just jokes, I don't think anybody makes these in earnest)
- jfoutz 10y agoI like the corn model myself. corn found the most powerful military in the world, and integrated itself tightly into that nations political system. So not only is corn cared for, grown and harvested at a level far beyond a lawn, but it's also powerfully defended politically and militarily.
- jessriedel 10y agotrgn is talking about "just-so stories" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-so_story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-so_story
- gohrt 10y agohttp://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology#Common_criticisms_of_evolutionary_psychology http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology#Common_... http://www.amazon.com/Demonic-Males-Origins-Human-Violence/dp/0395877431 http://www.amazon.com/Demonic-Males-Origins-Human-Violence/d...