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Is General Intelligence Compatible with Evolutionary Psychology?

July 2, 2011 in Blog

Scott: So what do you make of general intelligence? John Tooby: [chuckles] To heck if I know! ***Exchange at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society*** Obviously, John Tooby, one of the founders of evolutionary psychology, was being a bit cheeky. But there was also a very large grain of truth […]

Satoshi Kanazawa Does Not Speak for All of Evolutionary Psychology

May 17, 2011 in Blog

Satoshi Kanazawa’s latest controversy regarding his article (removed from the PT site)  “Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?” (see Mikhail Lyubanksy’s excellent response “Beauty May Be In Eye of Beholder But Eyes See What Culture Socializes“) has sparked me to make a point I’ve wanted to make for a very long […]