Comments on: Sexist Beatdown: The Caveman Rapists Among Us Edition

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:17:44 +0000

Conrad, Begley references plenty of scientists who think the underlying science is bunk. I think Sady and I just find the idea that rape is culturally informed a more plausible scientific conclusion, and thus delight in razzing the opposition. Different scientists can draw a number of "scientific" conclusions to a problem---are we allowed to think that one is bunk, or must we trust anyone who claims to be a scientist?

By: Conrad Davis

Conrad Davis — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:20:17 +0000

I disagree with the conclusion therefore the underlying science must be bunk is a bad way to approach thinking. See: Creationists.

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Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:03:17 +0000

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By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:13:36 +0000

None of you have actually read The Adapted Mind, have you?

By: Steve Silver

Steve Silver — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:37:28 +0000

Aside from the obvious male normativity of the piece (such as the writer's interchanging of "humans" with "men"), the Newsweek piece is one of the best critiques of evolutionary psychology I have read. A long piece, but well worth the read.

By: M@

M@ — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:41:23 +0000

And that is an Animal Mind Beatdown.

By: M@

M@ — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:38:10 +0000

"SADY: yeah, but. you will notice. the slant of these theories is that male sexuality is a positive, ALWAYS, and female sexuality, if it even exists, is a negative."

M@: Sady clearly needs to read more. Newsweek is not a scientific journal. Scientists and serious journalists tend to regard sex in non-political, neutral terms. Women are out for themselves and so are men. A woman "maximizes" her mating strategy by cheating on monogamy to secure the best genes while also securing the best support.

For your homework, Sady, I'd like you to rebut an article in Seed or the Journal of Microbiology.

By: M@

M@ — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:33:43 +0000

Well, I agree w/ you about the racket of evolutionary science. This issue had been batted about several years ago and the reaction of a lot of scientists was, yawn....

I don't see the reason for the article now. Any new research?

That said, I think that if you believe science should have a political agenda, you should have worked for the Bush administration. Sure, a lot of scientists are tainted but... most just want to know what the hell's going on.

Strangely, you dummies also make a good point about the "one true human experience," though accidentally. We continue to evolve rapidly and our genes as humans today are as different from humans in cave times (30,000 to 70,000 years ago in places like southwestern Germany) that they (cave men) are as different to us as were our Neanderthal (human) cousins.