See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Cultural products have evolutionary roots Phys.Org Marketing professor Gad Saad says evolution has hard-wired humans to be naturally drawn toward a specific set of universal narratives within cultural products. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: I’m curious how artists would react to this. It seems the author uses ‘greedy reductionism’ (D. Dennett) […]
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The Cheater’s Manifesto (The Case for Non-Monogamy) – Huffington Post
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution The Cheater’s Manifesto (The Case for Non-Monogamy) Huffington Post The evolutionary psychology book Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá provides the reproductive motivations behind why men and women cheat in monogamous relationships. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: There is something paradoxical going on in this article. The author […]
Darwin, was indeed the greatest psychologist – Times of Oman
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Darwin, was indeed the greatest psychologist Times of Oman Given that human psychology has developed through a sometimes-uneasy balance of natural selection, evolution and psychology influence and interact with each other. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: I’m not so sure about this quote: "Philosophy is inadequate to understand the roots of […]
Game over or on to the next level?
Game Theory from Ithaca Audio on Vimeo. Culture is what enables us to understand what we're doing, to escape from the purely instinctive level. Although created by us, it has a way of “talking back” to us. So when I first saw this video, I wondered what it said to us. Is it just the […]
Popes come from different contexts
Originally posted on Theology as a Process:
There was this wonderful little sentence I read somewhere today: “Francis is a pope from Argentina, but a pope for the world”. It provides a nice reflection on the tension between the local contextual and the universal. The really interesting challenge will be how Pope Francis’ background context will enrich…
Human Ancestors Were Fashion Conscious – Science AAAS
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Human Ancestors Were Fashion Conscious Science AAAS In a new study in press at the Journal of Human Evolution, a team led by archaeologist Marian Vanhaeren of the University of Bordeaux in France claims to have found evidence of a relatively… Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Is vanity what started human […]
David Pearce – Interview: on the nature of consciousness and mind
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution David Pearce is a British utilitarian philosopher. He believes and promotes the idea that there exists a strong ethical imperative for humans to work towards the abolition of suffering in all sentient life. See on ieet.org
Homer’s great literary masterpieces dated by study of Greek language evolution
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Achilles tending the wounded Patroclus (Attic red-figure kylix, ca. 500 BC) W See on http://www.heritagedaily.com
Evolution, Sex, and Finding Your Inner Grok: An Interview with Marlene Zuk – lareviewofbooks
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Evolution, Sex, and Finding Your Inner Grok: An Interview with Marlene Zuk lareviewofbooks MARLENE ZUK IS AN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST at the University of Minnesota. Her last book was a pithily entertaining look at sex on six legs. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Interesting interview, not the least for the final bit […]
Cognitive Scientist Jessica Cantlon Named 2013 Sloan Research Fellow – University of Rochester Newsroom
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution University of Rochester Newsroom Cognitive Scientist Jessica Cantlon Named 2013 Sloan Research Fellow University of Rochester Newsroom She explores both the development of mathematical aptitude as children mature and the evolutionary origins of… See on http://www.rochester.edu
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