I also just read a bunch of comments on Amazon.com about him.
I like this one:
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This is the absolute worst kind of "science book" published for a general audience. It is full of psuedo-facts and poorly reasoned arguments. If an explanation sounds good, then that's the answer. It was unclear when the authors were making a statement if it was generally held to be true within the discipline or it was a theory. Their own work was all presented established fact, rather than their opinions. My thirteen year old saw through the yawning gaps in logic. I could not finish reading the book, and I never don't finish a book.
Evolutionary psychology has been around for 20 years or so, and has some very valuable contributions towards understanding human behavior. By their nature, the theories are hard to prove, although with good science, we can at least believe that an idea is plausible. The leaders of this field are already heavily criticized because the results aren't always politically correct and because humans are very resistant to the idea that their behavior is not entirely conscious and of their own free will. This book has dealt the field a serious and perhaps fatal blow. |
I sure have no respect for it right now.
i think you're VERY handsome
