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Defending Evolutionary Psychology as Legitimate Science
26:13 - 30:40 (04:27)
The debate over the accuracy of evolutionary psychology does not negate its status as legitimate science. Countering common criticisms from academics, this field of study can be compared to chemistry in its validity.
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Evolutionary psychology is often dismissed as pseudoscience, but this is a misguided critique.
26:13 - 28:01 (01:47)
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Evolutionary psychology is often dismissed as pseudoscience, but this is a misguided critique. It is important to distinguish between debates about the specifics of evolutionary theory and the validity of the epistemological exercise of evolutionary psychology.
ChapterDefending Evolutionary Psychology as Legitimate Science
Episode#217 - Gad Saad - The Death Of Truth And How To Revive It
PodcastModern Wisdom
The most common criticism of evolutionary psychology is that it's a bunch of fanciful storytelling.
28:01 - 29:17 (01:15)
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The most common criticism of evolutionary psychology is that it's a bunch of fanciful storytelling. Therefore, in an attempt to create a cumulative source of reliable information to thwart these critiques, the speaker has turned to nomological networks and using them to make evolutionary psychology as reliable as other sciences.
ChapterDefending Evolutionary Psychology as Legitimate Science
Episode#217 - Gad Saad - The Death Of Truth And How To Revive It
PodcastModern Wisdom
James Lindsay, a polymath with a PhD in pure mathematics, discusses the rise of persuasion engineering in the digital age and how it has evolved to influence our behavior online.
29:17 - 30:40 (01:23)
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James Lindsay, a polymath with a PhD in pure mathematics, discusses the rise of persuasion engineering in the digital age and how it has evolved to influence our behavior online.