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MyEyeIsOpen · 05-14-2010, 08:51 PM

Well, evo psych is a useful tool and is self evidently true in theory. The major problem with it is that explanations based on it are "just so"--they provide a convincing narrative, but those narratives are untested and often untestable.

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MyEyeIsOpen Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 700	Well, evo psych is a useful tool and is self evidently true in theory. The major problem with it is that explanations based on it are "just so"--they provide a convincing narrative, but those narratives are untested and often untestable.