“When I first became aware of evolutionary psychology through Robert Wright’s book “The Moral Animal,” it was a game changer for me. It explained just about everything that had happened to me in my life up to that point. It especially rang true for all the boy-girl stuff. In its explanation of why men and women do the things they do, it all seemed to make perfect sense.
The determinism and unfalsifiable claims in this system, however, makes me nervous. For those who tend towards thinking of everything in genetic terms, I think the lure towards eugenics becomes irresistible. It has happened before, and I see evidence that it is happening again. The authors of this podcast seem a little too glib and dismissive of this dark history and the possibility of its re-emergence.”
s37erasmus via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/20/23