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For questions about the interaction of biological (or artificial) evolution and the cognitive agents that are influenced by it.

For questions about the interaction of biological (or artificial) evolution and the cognitive agents that are influenced by it.

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What is the status of evolutionary psychology in academia today?

Having an interest in human psychology (but no formal training) I decided to take Coursera's Introduction to Psychology as a Science. Here's a snippet from an introductory lecture (it requires signup, so I'll paste the transcription): Statement:…
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Is "hate towards weakness/inferiority" a general and innate human characteristic?

It is obvious that human beings on many occasions consider others to be inferior, whether this relates to specific individuals, or to groups. However, it also seems to me that humans very often feel the specific feeling of hate towards people they…
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What are some key behaviors that stone-age humans evolved to help them survive and reproduce?

In Wikipedia's article on evolutionary psychology, two of six given key premises of EP are as follows: Different neural mechanisms are specialized for solving problems in humanity's evolutionary past. The brain has evolved specialized neural…
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Evolutionary advantage of nostagia or attachment

I have come across people preserving some old articles with them, which although of little day to day use to them today, they would still like to retain. I myself would love to retain any old article Ex: My Grandpa's notebook, or a favorite pen of…
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Why do suicide has been kept in natural selection?

Since I've heard about evolution theory, I tend to think about new things with the help of this theory. While not being always accurate, I find the reasoning that makes this theory possible very interesting. We can ask a question like Why do humans…
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