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nomorenomore08

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5. I don't doubt that there's some validity to the "evo-psych" thing. But it's not quite that simple.

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Sun Dec 8, 2013, 12:11 AM

Dec 2013

What I'm pretty sure of is that both biology and social conditioning are powerful influences on our behavior. Neither one should be discounted - whereas I see people dismissing one or the other wherever convenient for them.

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Ooops, there goes the whole evolutionary psychology debate. They lose. [View all] Bonobo Dec 2013 OP

uh huh In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #1

That article is about neurobiology, not evolutionary psychology. n/t MadrasT Dec 2013 #2

You're right. Bonobo Dec 2013 #3

Honestly, speaking of the way brains operate, I just wish I knew what magical word mojo could dispel Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #4

I don't think it's an over-generalization to say that we're built for boning, as it were. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #6

Couple things; one, it should go without saying but I'll say it anyway, everyone has the right to Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #7

I agree, pretty much. She could come off fairly reasonable at times but basically she was nuts. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #9

I don't doubt that there's some validity to the "evo-psych" thing. But it's not quite that simple. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #5

I think you're right. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #8