i don't accept the teleological language
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Replying to @_attlee @HPluckrose
I can personally agree with that. Yet, when the theory leads to testable hypothesis it would be unwise reject it for that.
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adaptationist hypotheses are not independently testable
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Replying to @_attlee @OlivierLambert
No, they're not. But we can still know adaptation happens because of the evidence that's how evolution works.
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We just can't say with certainty what specific traits are adaptive. If they help survival & procreation directly, good chance they are.
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We can't be sure men attracted to youth & beauty coz it indicated fertility & women to status & resources coz helped their offspring survive
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And as psych is product of brains & as brains evolved & as this is directly related to behaviours which increas chances of passing on genes
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It seems likely these attractions are adaptive. They might not be & if a better explanation with more evidence is found, we can ditch it.
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In meantime, can make predictions based on the measurable behaviours right now. Men will like porn which features young beautiful women.
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It could turn out that this is because a God made us this way, yes, but until there is a better explanation that our brains evolving...
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Replying to @HPluckrose @OlivierLambert
theistic explanations are just as ad-hoc as evolutionary psychological ones
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