This doesn't mean it is impossible to make prog arguments from an evo position. @cognitivepolicy and @David_S_Wilson give it a good go, but it's in uphill slog b/c many smell a bad odor in evo thinking about human behavior, because politics.
ok, that's what I'm trying to understand more. can you go into more detail on that point about social science?
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Best environmental predictor of child outcomes is maternal education level. Noticeably better than father. So we need to make sure all women go to college, rite?
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Or maybe children do better because they are related to mom who did well in school? And not always related to dad? Not the whole story, to be sure, but a huge confound.
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It's a game now. Take any correlational study in the news, reverse the implied arrow of causation, come up with a counter-narrative. Usually the political valence flips sign also.
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Good game.
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