, I just can't take any evolutionary biology arguments seriously.
I hope this is an exaggeration. Trying to understand humans (or any other species) outside of the context of evolution is like trying to study astronomy outside the context of physics. Whether you agree with a particular evolutionary biology argument, and whether you think it's well-supported by evidence and solid reasoning, is one thing; but not taking the field seriously is, I think, a big mistake.
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Date: 2008-08-17 03:05 am (UTC)I hope this is an exaggeration. Trying to understand humans (or any other species) outside of the context of evolution is like trying to study astronomy outside the context of physics. Whether you agree with a particular evolutionary biology argument, and whether you think it's well-supported by evidence and solid reasoning, is one thing; but not taking the field seriously is, I think, a big mistake.