Our Lives Matter S1E13: The Three First Principles of Evolutionary Psychology

Episode 13 February 22, 2024 00:24:55
Our Lives Matter S1E13: The Three First Principles of Evolutionary Psychology
Our Lives Matter
Our Lives Matter S1E13: The Three First Principles of Evolutionary Psychology

Feb 22 2024 | 00:24:55

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Show Notes

Our story has led us from philosophy to math to physics to chemistry to biology to the origin of our species and the evolution of our intelligence.   The next step is evolutionary psychology.  That means understanding how the evolution of our intelligence affects how we think and feel now.  That starts with our looking at three underlying themes in everything people think, feel, and do.  ACT I  Scene 1 [110 bpm] Charles Darwin’s discovery of evolution brought together centuries of observations scientists had made of living things into the science of biology.  That was with The Origin of Species,…

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