Tag: evolutionary psychology

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, altruism, burning cars, Casey Luskin, culture, education, evolutionary mechanism, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary utility, genes, group selection, heroism, human behavior, kin selection, kindness, Marvel universe, podcast, reciprocal altruism, Richard Dawkins, selfish genes, strangers, teamwork}

Can Evolution Explain Altruism or Heroism?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 20, 2025

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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Casey Luskin and I share separate recent examples of people who have run towards burning cars to save complete strangers. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology
Tagged
, altruism, behavior, Casey Luskin, cooperation, Darwinian past, Denyse O’Leary, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary theory, human behavior, intelligent design, love, morality, predictive power, psychology, religion, Salvo Magazine, Science and Faith in Dialogue, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith}

If You Want Creative Storytelling, Look No Further than Evolutionary Psychology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 19, 2025

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Psychology

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If evolutionary psychology attempts to explain every behavior, including each behavior’s opposite, can it really explain anything? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2025

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, antiquity, brain, Christof Koch, Christopher Hitchens, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, eliminative materialism, evolutionary psychology, Four Horsemen, free will, human consciousness, human mind, Jonny Thomson, Michael Egnor, mind, neurosurgeons, philosophers, promissory materialism, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, technology, The Immortal Mind}

Reassessing Daniel Dennett on Consciousness as an Illusion

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2025

Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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It is a waste of time to pretend that consciousness is simply an “amazing collection of almost mundane tricks in the brain.” Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
June 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Darwin, childhood, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, evolutionary psychology, Greek gods, HMS Beagle, Janet Browne, Martin Luther, Michael Neve, Misia Landau, Robert Chambers, Samuel Haughton, sociobiologists, Stephen Jay Gould, telos, Thomas Huxley, William Wordsworth}

Darwin’s Science and Storytelling

_{Neil Thomas
June 13, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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His five-year voyage was undoubtedly an eye-opening rite of passage but perhaps not as foundational to his intellectual development as is sometimes proposed. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, African Savannah, behavior, cathedrals, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian evolution, David Barash, environment of evolutionary adaptedness, evo psych, evolution, evolutionary psychology, genes, human origins, humans, intelligent design, just-so stories, Moon, museums, music, Oskar Schindler, Philip Skell, Pleistocene, Richard Dawkins, Subrena Smith, survival machines, The Descent of Man, Victorian England}

Is Human Psychology Better Explained by Evolution or Design?

_{Casey Luskin
March 2, 2023

Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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“We are survival machines,” wrote atheist biologist Richard Dawkins, “robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 1, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __nedited, Alex Berezow, anti-science, disinformation, emotive language, evolutionary psychology, fake news, loaded language, Real Clear Science, Science Literacy, skepticism}

Ten Tips for Spotting Fake Science News on Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
February 1, 2017

Evolution, Science Reporting, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Not any journalist who commits one or more of the following is guilty of spreading fake news, but these are things to watch for. Read More ›

Young boy and chimpanzee, both with open mouths in excitement or surprise, side by outdoor setting

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 2, 2017

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __nedited, 1 percent myth, Ann Gauger, common ancestry, evolutionary psychology, genetic similarity, homology, junk science, persistent scientific errors, Politics}

Fake Science: “About 99 Percent of Our DNA Is Identical to That of Chimpanzees”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 2, 2017

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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With fine timing, our colleague Sarah Chaffee has lately offered a four-part interview with Discovery Institute biologist Ann Gauger. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 6, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __tedited, behavior, common knowledge, competition, controversy, discrimination, evolutionary psychology, female sports, feminism, hunter-gatherers, imagination, instinct, just-so stories, masculinity, motivation, policymakers, Politics, population dynamics, pre-human ancestors, public opinion, Science Daily, science writers, sexual differences, speculation, Sports, surprise}

As an Exercise, Write a Research Article in Evolutionary Psychology, Off the Top of Your Head

_{David Klinghoffer
May 6, 2016

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science Reporting

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Right now. You can do it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 14, 2016

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __tedited, abortion, alt-right, anti-Zionism, bigotry, biodiversity, conservatives, diversity, eugenics, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary racism, National Review, pseudoscientific racism, Race Realism, Radix Journal, Richard Spencer, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, Steve Sailer, The Federalist, The Unz Review}

Evolution and the Alt-Right

_{David Klinghoffer
April 14, 2016

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting, Social Sciences

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In conservative venues, a splinter called the "alternative right" or "alt-right" is the subject of bitter and voluminous indignation. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2014

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __nedited, cynicism, design filter, design intuition, evolutionary psychology, Herbert Hoover, Michael Medved, Michael Shermer, Mount Holy Cross, Mount Rushmore, pareidolia, patternicity, providence, superstition}

Give Me That Old-Time Pareidolia

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2014

Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science

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Seeing faces that aren't there is supposed to be a by-product of the evolutionary need to recognize real faces, distinguishing friends from enemies. Read More ›