Category: Evolutionary Psychology | Page 4

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
March 6, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, __edited, alt-right, anti-Semitism, Ben Stein, conspiracy theorists, coronavirus, Darwinism, Expelled (movie), Jews, Kevin MacDonald, pogrom, Poland, selective pressure, struggle for existence, white nationalists}

Darwinism, Jews, and White Nationalists

_{Richard Weikart
March 6, 2020

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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A right-wing Polish member of parliament, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, recently made waves with an astonishing claim. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 10, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Psychology
Tagged
, __cedited, adaptation, babies, behavior, college students, evolution, fairy tales, football, junk science, methodology, MIT, Neanderthals, PZ Myers, satire}

Why an Evolutionist Disses Evolutionary Psychology

_{Michael Egnor
April 10, 2019

Biochemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Psychology

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Darwinian fairy tales about prehistoric Neanderthal proclivities and modern psychology are obvious junk science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 25, 2018

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, computers, Discovery Institute, education, farming, good, human beings, hunter-gatherers, Jay Richards, labor, robots, schools, teachers, The Human Advantage, unemployment, Wall Street Journal}

Human Exceptionalism Explains the Longing for a “Human Touch”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 25, 2018

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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No doubt evolutionary psychologists could a tell a story to explain this. They always can. Something about tribes of hunter-gatherers. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
July 12, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, __cedited, anti-Semitism, behavior, Darwinian theory, E.O. Wilson, evolution, evolutionary ethics, Harvard University, homosexuality, humans, infanticide, just-so stories, Kevin MacDonald, race, Racism, rape, stereotypes, Steven Pinker, The Death of Humanity}

Darwinian Theory and Evolutionary Psychology

_{Richard Weikart
July 12, 2018

Ethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker asserts that infanticide has biological roots. He claims that ancient humans were picky about which babies they would raise to maturity. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
July 11, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology
Tagged
, __cedited, alt-right, anti-Semitism, Darwinian theory, Europeans, From Darwin to Hitler, history, James Watson, Jews, Kevin MacDonald, Nazism, Nobel Prize, Racism, Richard Spencer, Steven Pinker}

Evolutionary Psychology Grapples with Racism and Anti-Semitism

_{Richard Weikart
July 11, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Psychology

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Kevin MacDonald is trying to resurrect this troubling legacy of Darwinian theory. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, __video-unavailable, Bible, Christopher Hitchens, David Klinghoffer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Globe and Mail, H.L. Mencken, Jane Goodall, Jordan Peterson, post-modernism, Richard Rorty, Scopes Monkey Trial, Third Reich, Twitter, University of Toronto}

Jordan Peterson — Do the Stitches Hold?

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 15, 2018

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Psychology, Scientific Freedom, Social Sciences

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The modern heretic and YouTube sensation seeks to meld clinical and evolutionary psychology with Jung, Nietzsche, and the Bible. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 18, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, asymmetry, Darwinism, disability, Human Zoos, John West, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Richard Weikart, science fiction}

Facial Symmetry, and Soulless Darwinism

_{David Klinghoffer
January 18, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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Rude remarks and hurt feelings at a holiday party may seem a trivial matter. Yet this vignette is very telling. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science Education
Tagged
, __cedited, critical thinking, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, narrative gloss, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Skell, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, University of New South Wales}

Evolution and Education — The Evolution Institute Weighs In

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 19, 2017

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science Education

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Education functions best when we focus not on soliciting student agreement or buy-in to a rigid creed, but rather on stimulating the critical faculties. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
September 13, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __cedited, abortion, babies, behavior, evolution, falsification, fitness, just-so stories, kin selection}

The Challenge to Evolution from Abortion

_{Cornelius Hunter
September 13, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Reproductive Science

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The whole point of “fitness,” in an evolutionary context, is reproduction. One has higher “fitness” if one can have more offspring. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 10, 2017

Categories
Biology
Evolutionary Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, censorship, climate change, gender, Google, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Skell, prejudice, Racism, storytelling}

James Damore and Evolutionary Storytelling

_{David Klinghoffer
August 10, 2017

Biology, Evolutionary Psychology, Scientific Freedom

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The Google diversity memo story is rich in ironies. Read More ›