The Politics and the Science of Disputing Evolutionary Psychology

There’s a brawl going down on the internet over the validity of evolutionary psychology. On defense for evolutionary psychology: biologist Jerry Coyne and Steven Pinker, possibly the most eminent evolutionary psychologist. On the warpath: PZ Myers, a developmental biologist, who argues that “most of the claims of evolutionary psychology are fallacious.” Though Myers’ main line … Continue reading The Politics and the Science of Disputing Evolutionary Psychology