Simply Not Politically Correct
July 9th, 2007 by SecureCare“Human nature is one of those things that everybody talks about but no one can define precisely. Every time we fall in love, fight with our spouse, get upset about the influx of immigrants into our country, or go to church, we are, in part, behaving as a human animal with our own unique evolved nature—human nature…evolutionary psychologists see human nature as a collection of psychological adaptations that often operate beneath conscious thinking to solve problems of survival and reproduction by predisposing us to think or feel in certain ways. Our preference for sweets and fats is an evolved psychological mechanism. We do not consciously choose to like sweets and fats; they just taste good to us.
The implications of some of the ideas in this article may seem immoral, contrary to our ideals, or offensive. We state them because they are true, supported by documented scientific evidence. Like it or not, human nature is simply not politically correct…” Full Slice
July 9th, 2007 at 9:15 am
While I think some of the referenced article may be accurate, a lot of it is conjecture (okay, maybe as high as a hypothesis). For example, the idea that powerful men such as the president of the United States have boys is not always true given our last few presidents had mostly girls.
I also take exception to the age-crime (aka age-genius) trends. I know many people as old (or far older as in the case of my father) as Bill Gates who are still doing new and creative work.