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In reply to the discussion: Evolutionary Psychology and anti-intellectualism. [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)21. Are you suggesting that men don't have the capacity to understand it?
I would explain but I don't see the point for this group.
If so, you're not as smart as you think.
Nothing personal, of course.
I respect those who come here to argue their point. I don't respect those who feel the need to pinch a turd on the doorstep and airily decline to even explain why.
And when the first link is authored by a blogger who's too offensive for the Edwards campaign...
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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