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Category Archives: Evolution
Book Review of Paleofantasy: What Evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live
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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The Big 5 Personality Traits – psychobabble or science?
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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