Well, than that is exactly where we part company. You're talking about the behavior of the testes (and the adrenals); I am talking about the behavior of the individual organism. Gets fuzzy when we talk about bees.
Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of u?l? ? Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 3:31 PM To: FriAM <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] the pseudoscience of evolutionary psychology? That's not at all the distinction I'm making (never mind "precisely"). 8^) All 3 of us are talking about selecting for behavior. The difference is that I'm claiming "expressing and responding to testosterone" is a behavior. On 02/22/2018 01:39 PM, Steven A Smith wrote: > I feel mildly a failure to not be able to articulate (even recognize) > what the fundamental abstraction is around the difference between > selecting for behaviour vs something more material or more > (presumably) quantifiable such as Testosterone levels. I am not sure > if that is precisely the distinction Glen is making here, but the > former seems "oh so more relevant" in spite of the latter being > "possibly somewhat more measureable". -- ☣ uǝlƃ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
