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Bonobo

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4. Instincts.

Reply to Gravitycollapse (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 08:32 PM

Oct 2013

Among the various types of human behaviors, I daresay that those that relate to sexuality are among the most highly influenced by instinct.

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EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY IS HERE TO STAY: A RESPONSE TO BULLER [View all] Bonobo Oct 2013 OP

While I don't doubt all Evo-psych, I hate when it's used to describe certain things it shouldn't. Dash87 Oct 2013 #1

Excess in anything is bad. Bonobo Oct 2013 #2

Evolutionary psychology, for the most part, is no more falsifiable than blank slate theories. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #3

Instincts. Bonobo Oct 2013 #4

That you have so nonchalantly confined sexuality so tightly is extremely problematic. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #5

Yes, it is a complex and multi-layered matter to be sure. Bonobo Oct 2013 #6

Maybe Jews are just naturally more greedy. Maybe black people naturally have a lower average IQ. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #7

I think a descent into absurdities does not invalidate the approach. Bonobo Oct 2013 #8

There are in fact clearly environmental effects that alter the physicality of an animal... Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #9

No doubt. Bonobo Oct 2013 #10

So thus we have shifted away from "how much" to "when." Which is an important distinction. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #11

I don't know anyone here who said it was ALWAYS in play, but Bonobo Oct 2013 #12