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Richard Dawkins debunks Creationism. “The purpose of purpose”
Posted by admin in Evolution & Darwinian Science, Intelligent Design (Creationism) on 01:52 PM
“Intelligent design” or “scientific” creationism are buzzwords created by religious fundamentalists, with the agenda to put content of 2000 year old religious books into our children’s school science curriculum.
Dawkins just takes apart all the religous arguments, shreds them into pieces. Watch the video “the purpose of purpose”.
More about stupidity of religious dogmatism
Peter Singer – The Genius of Darwin: The Uncut Interviews – Richard Dawkins (Video)
Posted by Against Irrational Unconscious in Evolutionary Psychology, Religion on 01:18 PM
pretty shocking topics: from animal rights not to be eaten and slaughtered to “abortion” rights until after birth, mercy killings of babies that get born severely damages.
Singer thinks topics to the end. His main philosopy is minimizing suffering, creating the maximum of happiness. So there is a consistency in his thoughts that one should not kill poor cows, but severely crippled infants should be killed out of mercy.
(Deutsch) URMENSCH-DENKEN: Das verfluchte Erbe der Steinzeit
Posted by admin in Evolutionary Psychology on 02:26 PM
Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.
Social evolution and social influence: selfishness, deception, self-deception
Posted by admin in Evolutionary Psychology on 09:48 PM
Reprinted with permission of the Author
University of California at Los Angeles
Social evolution and social influence: selfishness, deception, self-deception
(download PDF version of the paper)
I. TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Table of contents 2
II. Rationality, consciousness, sincerity 3
A. Unconsciousness and irrationality: the myth of rationality 3
B. Deception: the myth of sincerity 4
C. Hypotheses of this paper: an overview 5
III. Evolutionary theory 6
A. Ultimate reasons 6
B. The survival of the fittest 7
C. Inclusive fitness and altruism: the selfish gene 7
D. Validity of evolutionary theory for humans 10
E. The influence of group living 11
F. War and intergroup violence: group selection revisited 13
G. Learning and culture 15
IV. Deception and impression management 16
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