Re: (Fwd) HANDBOOK OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY (fwd)

1999-01-29 Thread Durant
> >> Why do they believe this? First, explicit evolutionary thinking can > >> sometimes eliminate certain kinds of errors in thinking about behavior > >> (Symons, 1987). > > > >Evolutionary theory is only intended to explain how living organisms > evolve. > >Applying it to any other field of inqu

Re: (Fwd) HANDBOOK OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY (fwd)

1999-01-28 Thread Mike Hollinshead
Jay, It is no more scientifically true than that the sun and planets revolve around the earth. What is really funny is that Darwin purloined his principle of selection through competition from classical economics, from Malthus in fact. So you take the dog eat dog mythology of early capitalism a

Re: (Fwd) HANDBOOK OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY (fwd)

1999-01-28 Thread Jay Hanson
- Original Message - From: Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >primate and human behaviour is not the same, so such research >is not scientific. Evolutionary scientists include humans unless stated otherwise. Scientists are using the theory of evolution to predict human behavior: -

Re: (Fwd) HANDBOOK OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY (fwd)

1999-01-28 Thread Jay Hanson
- Original Message - From: Mike Hollinshead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >It is no more scientifically true than that the sun and planets revolve >around the earth. > >What is really funny is that Darwin purloined his principle of selection >through competition from classical economics, from Malth

RE: (Fwd) HANDBOOK OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY (fwd)

1999-01-28 Thread Eva Durant
I'm glad there are people who can compose more concisely...Eva > Why do they believe this? First, explicit evolutionary thinking can > sometimes eliminate certain kinds of errors in thinking about behavior > (Symons, 1987). >... and so on. Evolutionary theory is only intended to explain how

Re: (Fwd) HANDBOOK OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY (fwd)

1999-01-28 Thread Jay Hanson
- Original Message - From: Eva Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Why do they believe this? First, explicit evolutionary thinking can >> sometimes eliminate certain kinds of errors in thinking about behavior >> (Symons, 1987). > >Evolutionary theory is only intended to explain how living organ