Geoffrey MillerVerified account

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 …

Anyone who think that 'EvoPsych always disappoints' should have a look at the recent handbook edited by @davidbusspsych summarizing our field's amazing theoretical & empirical progress since 1990: https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Evolutionary-Psychology-Foundation-ebook/dp/B0178N0Q00/ …

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.

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?

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.