Category: Evolutionary Psychology | Page 3

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 10, 2021

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, evolution, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), Louis Pasteur, macromutations, Mars, micromutations, Niles Eldredge, Paul Davies, sociobiology, Stanley Miller, Stephen Jay Gould, Viking mission, William Harvey}

Fables of Evolutionary Psychology (aka Sociobiology)

_{Neil Thomas
November 10, 2021

Chemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Paleontology

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Evolutionary psychologists are prone to make up just-so stories which are then passed off as being entirely veridical. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 19, 2021

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", brain, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Darwinian theory, human behavior, human origins, Joseph Holden, Science, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, William A. Dembski, wonder}

There Is No Such Thing as a Fossil Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 19, 2021

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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We are free to accept ad hoc evo psych explanations if we wish. Like astrology and palm reading, they make good conversation pieces. Read More ›

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Date
October 5, 2021

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, academic freedom, Adam and Eve, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christians, Cornelius Hunter, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, faith, fossil record, genetic engineering, Guillermo Gonzalez, Günter Bechly, human origins, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Tour, Jay Richards, John Bloom, John West, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Michael Keas, panspermia, Paul Nelson, Rice University, Robert J. Marks II, Stephen Meyer, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, The Privileged Planet, theology, universal common descent, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

New Book, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Answers Key Questions on Intelligent Design

_{Science & Culture
October 5, 2021

Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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"If anyone thinks that the study of science and faith should be disparate disciplines, here are more than 656 reasons why they’re wrong." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 19, 2021

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, academics, faith, Galen Strawson, history, human origins, Justin Brierley, Oxford University, religion, Sapiens (book), Sapiens review, Summer Seminars, The New Yorker, Unbelievable, Washington Post, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

New Review Series — Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens

_{Casey Luskin
July 19, 2021

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Earlier this year an ID-friendly scientist contacted me to ask my opinion of the book. He mentioned a former Christian who had lost his faith after reading it. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
July 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science
Tagged
, ad hoc hypotheses, Darwinian theory, data, David Berlinski, fitness, genetics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Marxism, Minnesota, Richard Lewontin, systematics, wisdom, Yiddish}

Richard Lewontin (1929-2021), Mensch

_{Paul Nelson
July 6, 2021

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science

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As I stood by the lab doorway, Lewontin — who was sitting right down front — looked back towards the door and caught my eye. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 19, 2021

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Science Education
Tagged
, atheism, Christian colleges, Christianity, computational biology, creation science, Darwinism, Darwinists, David Klinghoffer, eugenics, multiverse theory, Nobel laureates, North Korea, Richard Feynman, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientific revolution, South Korea, Soviet Union, United States, Wall Street Journal}

Joshua Swamidass and the Cancellation of Christian Colleges

_{Michael Egnor
March 19, 2021

Evolutionary Psychology, Science Education

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The only way to truth in science is to permit and even encourage challenges to orthodoxy. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, adults, Aeon, animals, children, chimpanzees, Darwinian evolution, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, empathy, feelings, human beings, infants, intelligence, intelligent design, just-so stories, Mind Matters, rationality}

Empathy — The Foundation of Human Exceptionalism?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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If I gave you 15 seconds you could come up with a pat evolutionary just-so story to account for this, speculating on what reproductive advantage it serves. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 7, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anger, animals, anthropologists, anxiety, Darwinism, Denyse O'Leary, disease, evolution, evolutionary biologists, grief, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, narrative gloss, pain, Philip Skell, Psyche, The Scientist}

The Evolutionary Psychologist Will See You Now

_{David Klinghoffer
October 7, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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It needs no wisdom to stamp “ANIMAL” on the sufferer’s forehead, any more than it does to stamp “DISEASED.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, demiurge, English, evolution, Hell, intelligence, Jonathan Wells, materialists, mechanism, Michael Behe, natural selection, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophers, Stephen Meyer, teleology, William A. Dembski}

On Intelligent Design, an Italian Philosophy Journal Takes a Step in the Right Direction

_{Casey Luskin
May 21, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Philosophy

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Earlier today we saw that philosopher Subrena E. Smith levied a harsh critique of evolutionary psychology. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2020

Categories
Arts
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Psychology
Tagged
, behavior, bias, circular reasoning, college students, evolution, Gizmodo, hominids, human mind, human origins, ideology, music, Pleistocene, PZ Myers, University of New Hampshire}

Biology Journal: Evolutionary Psychology Is “Impossible”

_{Casey Luskin
May 21, 2020

Arts, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Psychology

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Did evolutionary scientists not understand these things already? Read More ›