@drethelin @sarahdoingthing I think empiricism is vastly more useful than evpsych for that, as well.
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@nicktarleton@sarahdoingthing I'm not sure what you mean by empiricism here. Do you mean trying things yourself to see how they go?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@drethelin@sarahdoingthing Figuring out what the world is like by looking at it? I'm using the word in the most normal, general sense.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@nicktarleton@sarahdoingthing isn't that what evopsych tries to do? I get that lot of people misinterpret and generate just-so stories1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@drethelin@sarahdoingthing No, evo psych even at its best tries to figure out what the world is like by using a specific kind of model.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@drethelin Nothing wrong with that, but that model doesn't have overwhelming explanatory power, and often gives people huge blinders IME.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@nicktarleton@drethelin I think it's super interesting that only people from certain regions can digest milk as adults.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@nicktarleton well that's evo bio rather than evo psych. Much less vague! Also I hate you damn lactase producers ;_:2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@drethelin@nicktarleton If you don't think evo psych has predictive power have you read Daly & Wilson?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@nicktarleton no I think it does it's just usually overshadowed by politics and biases, compared to biology.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@drethelin @nicktarleton I guess that's why I hate psychology as it is generally practiced. Still, there are non-retarded examples.
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@sarahdoingthing@nicktarleton yeah I love kahneman and tversky and social psych seems to do plenty of good stuff.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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