Indeed, the ease with
which the clever people on this list are able to generate explanations
that go either way seems to me to be a bad sign for evolutionary
psychology.
Hi Alex,
It was a bad sign for EP 25 years ago when that was virtually all there was to EP
(then called socio-biology)
, then why?
is really interesting and leads down many paths.
Tom Grey
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Well, the second-hand report
The EP experiments don't seem that convincing. Can't you make the same
arguments against the EP experiments that many economists make against the
work of Kahneman/Tversky --that there isn't enough at stake for the
individual to make a good decision. It seems silly to show people
pictures and ask
around to help
with the kids she does have.
Tom Grey
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I think this is a good EP explanation for men
these models less applicable to humans.
David Mitchell
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From: William Dickens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Since Darwin we normally think that it is women who choose which
males to mate with since
Why not deny the empirical fact - given all we have for data is a
second-hand report about a newspaper column! Indeed, the ease with
which the clever people on this list are able to generate explanations
that go either way seems to me to be a bad sign for evolutionary
psychology.
Alex
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I think this is a good EP explanation for men, but there is a problem with
it as an explanation for women. I have to admit that I don't know if women
are aroused
I think this is a good EP explanation for men, but there is a problem with it as an
explanation for women. I have to admit that I don't know if women are aroused by
stress as well, but from the woman's perspective it would seem that her offspring
would be most likely to succeed if she waited
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Possibly. In many species of birds, the female will mate with high
quality males who are often not around b/c high quality males have many
mating opportunities
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Subject: Re: Disaster Raises Happiness, Trust
I think I recall also reading somewhere that suicide rates dropped markedly
during both the Great Depression and WW II.
John
At 11:43 AM 10/1/01 -0400, you wrote:
A lot of Soviet citizens, similarly, (retrospectively) claimed they were
happiest
A lot of Soviet citizens, similarly, (retrospectively) claimed they were
happiest during World War II, when something like 1-out-of-8 perished!
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Prof. Bryan Caplan
Department of Economics George Mason University
http://www.bcaplan.com
Bryan Caplan wrote:
A lot of Soviet citizens, similarly, (retrospectively) claimed they were
happiest during World War II, when something like 1-out-of-8 perished!
Selection bias!
Alex
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Dr. Alexander Tabarrok
Vice President and Director of Research
The Independent Institute
100 Swan Way
An article in the LA Times discusses how high levels of stress
change hormonal balances in the body causing, ahem, sexual arousal
during times of stress.
I can easily imagine a similar effect for just plain happiness.
Fabio
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Robin Hanson wrote:
The Washington Post had
I think I recall also reading somewhere that suicide rates dropped markedly
during both the Great Depression and WW II.
John
At 11:43 AM 10/1/01 -0400, you wrote:
A lot of Soviet citizens, similarly, (retrospectively) claimed they were
happiest during World War II, when something like
Fabio Rojas wrote:
An article in the LA Times discusses how high levels of stress
change hormonal balances in the body causing, ahem, sexual arousal
during times of stress.
William Dickens wrote:
Well that (if the LA Times got it right) is a very odd fact. Why would we
be programmed to make
With regard to Mr. Dickens' comment regarding whether stress should cause
sexual arousal, I am tempted to think that evolutionary psychology can
certainly explain this phenomenon. Early societies, according to most models
of human development, used the males as hunters and warriors;
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