That which produces great progress in evolutionary theory is inconsistent with building a strong academic carreer in any field. Result: 1. EvoPsych always disappoints. 2. The public has no incling of the insight, health and liberation that could be unlocked with good Darwinism.https://twitter.com/Barryakers6/status/1018938451813588992 …
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It's one of the cheapest academic handbooks I've ever seen, actually. Many handbooks are over $1,000 (sold mostly to libraries).
You are inadvertantly making my point. The racket of academic publishing is one of the structures that holds fields back.
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And actually, if you read carefully the description tells you what you need to know. The field has amazing promise. It is on the verge of answering the most important questions. If you want to be current, you need this book. Should I check back in another generation, then?
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This sounds like a conversation that's worth having at greater length in a more conducive medium. I'm surprised you're so negative about ev psych, when to me, it's just mainstream evo theory applied to human behavioral adaptations.
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Agree about the venue. Before we drop it, though, let's be clear about what I am saying. Evo Psych should be earthshattering: Evo Bio of Humans. But the field is "stuck", as most fields are. The synopsis of Buss's handbook could literaly have been written 20 years ago.
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I'm *not* saying that Evo Psych is uniquely stuck, or that there's something wrong with the field's leaders. And I'm not exempting evolutionary biology. Perverse incentives in the academic system have caused a widespread failure.
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From what I see here on Twitter there seems to be an over-emphasis on sex in evo-psych. Maybe getting past that would be useful.
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Adaptations evolve to promote reproductive success, and sex is pretty important to that.
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Yes it is! Wasn't trying to take a shot at you either, I know it is your field of expertise. But it seems like most stuff I see/hear from Evo psych along similar lines. I'd like to see all fields of psych embrace evo psych, because it's kinda ridiculous not to.
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The biggest racket is that all the introductory textbooks (that have thousands of students attending in every university every year) are more than $100 each, and they have to be bought brand new because the books contain a key that you need to do homework so you can pass.
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