• RustyEarthfire@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The problem is there isn’t anything “useful” for understanding humans [in evolutionary psychology]. Yes we can come up with plausible evolutionary justifications for behavior like cooperation, but they are basically untestable and useless for predictions.

    Edited to clarify I mean specifically evolutionary psychology.