COMMENT (by awmarch):
Mr. Brooks paints a straw man of evolutionary psychology.A popular book refers to behavioral TENDENCIES which are not rigid reflexes and have a varied range of expression across the human population.Behavior is obviously influenced by other factors such as culture, and environment. It would be interesting if you applied the same “rigorous” critique of the deficiencies of economic or Christian views of human nature.Evolutionary psychology tries to gather data and do experiments to evaluate the theories …[Filtrs in article: hypnosis ][FiltrRank: 6][Source: nytimes.com]











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