Biologist @pzmyers sure does cuss a lot when he's bullying young female evo psych researchers. What a classy guy.https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/08/12/now-that-david-brooks-has-endorsed-it-can-we-declare-evolutionary-psychology-brain-dead-and-pull-the-plug/ …
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I suspect he has done that may times.
No he hasn't presented any coherent or informed arguments against EP. He's a fact-proof ideologue.
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EP makes no testable predictions, and it ignores most of the fundamentals of population genetics.
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I've tested dozens of predictions empirically, and written a fair amount on evolutionary genetics. What are you talking about?
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I think that you'll find that
@psmyers knows rather a lot about evolution. I think I'd trust him more than someone who works for ad agencies -
(Psst... Dr. Colquhoun, P-Z-Myers, not P-S-Myers.)
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It's disingenuous to call someone an ideologue because of one personal article when there's an entire blog contextualising the points.
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I don't follow the blog closely, but I didn't have to work to come across this piece, which links to more arguments. https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/05/05/history-will-judge-evolutionary-psychology-as-the-phrenology-of-our-era/ …
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Agreed. There is not much substance to respond to here even if one was so inclined
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If Damore made identifiable errors in his document, why not write documents noting the errors, instead of firing him?
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Answer: Damore's document was at least arguably close to correct, and arguing with it would expose uncomfortable truths.
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