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Evolutionary bio makes psychology look like Newtonian physics, in terms of objectivity and generalizability. Statistics show the combined result of nature and
by edmundsauto 5y ago
Evolutionary bio makes psychology look like Newtonian physics, in terms of objectivity and generalizability.
Statistics show the combined result of nature and nurture. How would you even begin to design an ethical study that could prove causation?
- hirako2000 5y agoStats and evolutionary biology converge on this topic. On the opposite side, we have politically loaded opinions.
- edmundsauto 5y agoAnd in the middle are most people, who are skeptical about the value from evo bio. Again, the statistics are only descriptive - it is not easy to tease apart nurture from nature. There's very little reason to think "statistics and evolutionary biology convergence" reveals any truths in this case. The only conclusion to draw here is that confirmation bias is a hell of a drug.