If people learn evolutionary psychology from tiktok (or Lemmy), I certainly can agree that it gets into whole lot of random shit stories of any predetermined intent, including bigotry.
But throwing away an entire field of academic study based on them and saying it’s impossible to draw causality is also ridiculous.
I suggest you read this article. Particularly in #7 if the misconceptions since that’s precisely what you write in your next, longer comment.
If people learn evolutionary psychology from tiktok (or Lemmy), I certainly can agree that it gets into whole lot of random shit stories of any predetermined intent, including bigotry.
But throwing away an entire field of academic study based on them and saying it’s impossible to draw causality is also ridiculous.
I suggest you read this article. Particularly in #7 if the misconceptions since that’s precisely what you write in your next, longer comment.
https://www.laithalshawaf.com/uploads/1/3/5/8/135897893/seven_key_misconceptions_about_evolutionary_psychology.pdf
It’s a pdf from author’s website. But this link is still better than research gate. Couldn’t find any regular webpage that’s still up.