• D61 [any]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    Depending on what you mean by “cool”… most evopsych stuff that makes it out into the greater world is little more than the psych version of “aliens made the great pyramids in Egypt, Stonehendge, and the ziggurauts in various South American countries.”

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        11 months ago

        I think a really sticky point is “How do you test this hypothesis?”

        Like, if some yolk-head decides to make a statement like, “Rape is actually a good way to spread your genetic material around”… Nobody wants to test that hypothesis that isn’t itching for the barbara-pit.

        I want to say something like, cultural anthropology, is already doing what the evopsychics are trying for.