On the Evolutionary Psychology mailing list, dangerous ideas thrive

[John T. Clark]

Andrew Brown might do well to pose whether whites are "programmed by
their genes" to genocidally crusade the earth promoting their own
cherished cosmologies (earth-plundering, capitalism, private property,
to name a few).

Puh-leez, there is nothing so novel or scintillating about "dangerous
ideas" that tap into the same, tired, blood-stained subject positions of
white supremacy.

John T. Clark

Ian Pitchford wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - -
> 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