Category Archives: Evolution

Book Review of Paleofantasy: What Evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live

Posted on August 3, 2013 by

Alice Friedemann’s review of: Marlene Zuk. 2013. Paleofantasy: What Evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live. My first introduction to Evolutionary Psychology was “The Adapted Mind” which posited we’re unhappy because of the tremendous difference between … Continue reading →

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Republicans Brains are Wired to Deny Science & Reality

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

A book review by Alice Friedemann at energyskeptic.com of: Chris Mooney. 2012. “The Republican Brain. The Science of Why They Deny Science—and Reality”. We are all susceptible to over 250 cognitive biases, fallacies, and errors, regardless of what political party … Continue reading →

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The Big 5 Personality Traits – psychobabble or science?

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

Alice Friedemann’s review of : Daniel Nettle.  2008.  “Personality, What makes you the way you are”.  Oxford University Press. Scientists have considered psychology to be a very soft science at best and quackery or psychobabble at worst.  But psychology is … Continue reading →

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Getting in Touch With Your Inner Neanderthal

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

A review of: Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending. 2009. “The 10,000 Year Explosion. How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution”. Basic Books. This book makes the astounding claim that our evolution has sped up 100 times faster in the past 10,000 years … Continue reading →

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