Our Lives Matter S1E16:  The Two Main Arguments Against Evolutionary Psychology

Episode 16 March 14, 2024 00:20:49
Our Lives Matter S1E16:  The Two Main Arguments Against Evolutionary Psychology
Our Lives Matter
Our Lives Matter S1E16:  The Two Main Arguments Against Evolutionary Psychology

Mar 14 2024 | 00:20:49

/

Show Notes

If we have survival instincts, why do people commit suicide?  Why do people  sometimes sacrifice their lives?   If we have reproductive instincts, why are some people homosexuals?  Why do some people not want to have children?   These questions seem to some people to disprove evolutionary psychology.  But in fact, they give us some of the best pictures of how people’s feelings come into conflict, and how the decisions people make are the best ways they find to move forward on the combination of motivations they feel.   ACT I Scene 1 [108 bpm] Evolutionary psychology is zoology applied…

Other Episodes

Episode 34

July 18, 2024 00:25:53
Episode Cover

Our Lives Matter S1E34: Racism and Evolution

Our species originated in Africa.  At the time, there was no way for our ancestors to evolve a dislike for people from other continents,...

Listen

Episode 45

October 03, 2024 00:26:01
Episode Cover

Our Lives Matter S1E45:  The Evolution of Science

Science today depends on the same five steps of observation, self consistency, universality, reproducibility, and debate as it did 500 years ago.  But how...

Listen

Episode 22

April 25, 2024 00:26:11
Episode Cover

Our Lives Matter S1E22:  Geography and the Spread of Farming

Farming was developed first in the Middle East, about 10,000 years ago.  It was developed in China 1,000 years later, and in three parts...

Listen