... , or so the theory goes). Now in most cases there is little actual empirical evidence that evolutionary psychology is correct. It's mostly just deductive reasoning working back from what ... just got a whole lot emptier. And then that becomes the Achilles heal that dooms evolutionary psychology as a discipline. I just don't think that a theory that has the potential to invalidate the concept ...

... ;) Wright explains the "evolution" of compassion here. No wonder no one believes evolutionary psychology. The reality is that some people never evolve any compassion at all, but compassion comes ... wwere involved, we could predict who would have compassion, but we usually can't. Get past that, and welcome to the world of useful human psychology. See Clive Hayden's comments here.

Hat tip to ievil_spock_47i for posting this amazing Evolutionary Psychology Bingo Card. This post is dedicated to the guy who told me it is his unavoidable essential nature as a man to sexually harass younger women, and thinks I just ought to understand that and not sweat it. This is one of the things that women and social ...

It's not uncommon for people to be hostile towards the idea of evolutionary psychology. What is uncommon - so uncommon as be non-existent - are hostilities towards the field for any good ... your genes interacting with your environment P7: Your brain is a part of your body P8: Your psychology is a product of your brain interacting with your environment C2: Your psychology is product of evolution ...

... human nature as evo psych defines it." Of course, this is absurd. First of all, no evolutionary hypothesis ever predicted that all stepfathers would always kill their stepchildren. In fact, ... even assuming that Begley was accurately representing an evolutionary hypothesis, she would still be granting that evolutionary psychology allows for environmental influences on behavior. And in reality, ...

... similar feelings when puttering in our garden–there is something innately satisfying about producing your own food. So in my interview with Mark, I framed the Makers in evolutionary psychology terms. Why do people still enjoy gardening, woodworking, hunting, and fishing when you can buy food and furniture at the local store? Sure, the ...