On the Evolutionary Psychology mailing list, dangerous ideas thrive

[Ian Pitchford]

An interesting article on one of my egroups evolutionary-psychology at egroups.com
published in Salon Magazine last week


Salon.com
Flameproof racism
On the Evolutionary Psychology mailing list, dangerous ideas thrive -- without
the usual online rancor and hatred.

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By Andrew Brown

Aug. 30, 2000 | Are blacks programmed by their genes to be promiscuous? Can we
read any morality off our genes at all? Is religion pernicious nonsense? The
field of evolutionary psychology attempts to illuminate such inquiries into
human nature with the insights of modern Darwinism. It raises questions that
have a prickly, intense and scary quality. To get inside them is like putting
on a hair shirt with explosives strapped to it. Even in sober academic
journals, the discussion can rapidly become a screaming match. On the Internet,
home of the flame, any attempt at a reasonable discussion seems completely
futile.

Full text:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/30/evpsych/index.html

Ian Pitchford <Ian.Pitchford at scientist.com>
Centre for Psychotherapeutic Studies
School of Health and Related Research
University of Sheffield, S10 2TA, UK
http://www.human-nature.com/darwin/index.html