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In reply to the discussion: Evolutionary Psychology and anti-intellectualism. [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)31. I think it's safe to agree that psychology, evolutionary or otherwise, is a soft science.
The question is whether evo psych is a better predictor of human behavior across societies than the alternatives. As a parent of a child with autism, I am confident that nurture takes a distant back seat to nature in our basic cognitive perceptions and reactions to stimulus.
We can consciously change our reactions to that stimuli only to a degree.
With enough behavioral intervention, it may be possible to get juvenile male primates to play with dolls instead of trucks, but that doesn't change their inherent preference.
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Because it's madness- sheer madness!- to suggest there may be evolutionary or biological drivers in
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2012
#1
Yeah. I know for a fucking FACT that alcoholism has a genetic and physiological component.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2012
#24
There's plenty of social science concepts which can't be effectively tested
Major Nikon
Oct 2012
#23
I think it's safe to agree that psychology, evolutionary or otherwise, is a soft science.
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2012
#31
I think the analogies between psychology and environmental science are apt.
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2012
#34
This is the stuff that makes people think it's okay to cover up or apologize for child abusers, huh?
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2012
#37