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9. There are in fact clearly environmental effects that alter the physicality of an animal...

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 08:29 PM

Oct 2013

That have literally nothing to do with evolution.

A common example is that of the malnourished animal due to a drought. The animal is not underweight because it's phenotype dictates that it be underweight. The drought is not caused by any sort of evolutionary process.

The proximate cause of the animal being underweight is malnourishment. The distal cause is the drought.

So, no, evolution is not always the source. And it is not necessarily the case that all things are sourced in evolutionary processes. The vast majority of the physical realm is not dictated at all by biological evolution.

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EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY IS HERE TO STAY: A RESPONSE TO BULLER [View all] Bonobo Oct 2013 OP

While I don't doubt all Evo-psych, I hate when it's used to describe certain things it shouldn't. Dash87 Oct 2013 #1

Excess in anything is bad. Bonobo Oct 2013 #2

Evolutionary psychology, for the most part, is no more falsifiable than blank slate theories. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #3

Instincts. Bonobo Oct 2013 #4

That you have so nonchalantly confined sexuality so tightly is extremely problematic. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #5

Yes, it is a complex and multi-layered matter to be sure. Bonobo Oct 2013 #6

Maybe Jews are just naturally more greedy. Maybe black people naturally have a lower average IQ. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #7

I think a descent into absurdities does not invalidate the approach. Bonobo Oct 2013 #8

There are in fact clearly environmental effects that alter the physicality of an animal... Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #9

No doubt. Bonobo Oct 2013 #10

So thus we have shifted away from "how much" to "when." Which is an important distinction. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #11

I don't know anyone here who said it was ALWAYS in play, but Bonobo Oct 2013 #12