> And what's the alternative? The alternative is the same as for every theory: do not assume your hypothesis is correct until you have empirical evidence, and

> And what's the alternative? The alternative is the same as for every theory: do not assume your hypothesis is correct until you have empirical evidence, and do not assign your moral values to theories. Obviously the idea of evolutionary psychology follows from evolution. Neither evolutionary psychology nor social Darwinism are wrong - they are just names for a particular class of consequences of evolution and natural selection. They are falsifiable because the theory of evolution is falsifiable. As far as we have evidence, evolution is true, so saying that evolution has consequences is true. What those consequences are is not for you to decide based on your prejudices. Saying things like "your DNA says you have to work" and poor people deserve to die out "because evolution, duh" is wrong.