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Political Left see Evolutionary Psychology as pseudo science. Dec 8th 2012, 15:39 My wild guess is that it is not politically correct to see Evolutionary Psychology as a new but promising science. Ever since E.O. Wilson published his "On Human Nature " and the book "Sociobiology" EP has been declared the enemy to destroy. Today I saw reference to this book http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Altrui.../dp/1441995196 Quote: Origins of Altruism and Cooperation (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects) [Hardcover] Robert W. Sussman (Editor), C. Robert Cloninger (Editor) Quote: This book is about the evolution and nature of cooperation and altruism in social-living animals, focusing especially on non-human primates and on humans. Although cooperation and altruism are often thought of as ways to attenuate competition and aggression within groups, or are related to the action of "selfish genes", there is increasing evidence that these behaviors are the result of biological mechanisms that have developed through natural selection in group-living species. This evidence leads to the conclusion that cooperative and altruistic behavior are not just by-products of competition but are rather the glue that underlies the ability for primates and humans to live in groups. The anthropological, primatological, paleontological, behavioral, neurobiological, and psychological evidence provided in this book gives a more optimistic view of human nature than the more popular, conventional view of humans being naturally and basically aggressive and warlike. Although competition and aggression are recognized as an important part of the non-human primate and human behavioral repertoire, the evidence from these fields indicates that cooperation and altruism may represent the more typical, "normal", and healthy behavioral pattern. ... The book derived from a conference sponsored by N.S.F., the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, the Washington University Committee for Ethics and Human Values, and the Anthropedia Foundation for the study of well-being. I know too little but I hope EP is a science that mature into something that help us understand what it it to be a human. I feel very sad about the criticism from the Politically Correct Political Left.

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