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banjaloupe + evolution   24

Beards augment perceptions of men's age, social status, and aggressiveness, but not attractiveness
awwww ye-err, well, i guess this is ok :-/
psychology  evolution  research  beard  from delicious
5 weeks ago by banjaloupe
Religion Explained (Pascal Boyer)
book rec #1 from bakker's blog
evolution  neuroscience  rationality  psychology  cogsci  religion  amazon  !get  book  from delicious
february 2012 by banjaloupe
In Gods We Trust (Scott Atran)
book rec #2 from bakker's blog
rationality  evolution  neuroscience  psychology  cogsci  religion  !get  book  from delicious
february 2012 by banjaloupe
New Yorker exposes Koch brothers along with their greenwashing and whitewashing Smithsonian exhibit
more info on a climate change denialist exhibit at the smithsonian, backed by the tea party bankrollers
horrible  museum  smithsonian  teaparty  climatechange  evolution  science  article 
august 2010 by banjaloupe
Ewwwwwwwww!
all about disgust and morality
morality  disgust  emotion  rationality  social  science  cogsci  evolution  research  article 
august 2010 by banjaloupe
Problems in evolutionary psychology
a lot of arguments against evo psych are dumb, but these are good
evolution  psychology  science  criticism  article  reference 
august 2010 by banjaloupe
Deconstructing Social Darwinism - Part I
a bunch of words about this stuff!
!toread  social  culture  evolution  darwin  science  article 
august 2010 by banjaloupe
What, if Anything, Is Big Bird? (PechaKucha)
a timed-slides presentation about a particularly stunning avian hypothesis
funny  bigbird  muppets  sesamestreet  bird  research  evolution  slides  video 
june 2010 by banjaloupe
The Moral Life of Babies
man, developmental psych is so fun-- theres nothing more riveting than discovering the moral sentiments of alien minds (BABBIES)
awesome  research  baby  morality  culture  social  science  evolution  biology  psychology  cogsci  article 
may 2010 by banjaloupe
The Science of Success
behavioral genetics gets more and more convincing each day...
genetics  psychology  evolution  biology  science  monkey  orchid  dandelion  article 
december 2009 by banjaloupe
Teach the Controversy
time cube or russell's teapot? might be the hardest decision i ever have to make...
funny  satire  creationism  evolution  controversy  humour  clothing  shirt  !get 
november 2009 by banjaloupe
In the Muslim world, creationism is on the rise
its not just insanely rich interior decorators that we have to worry about, altho the article ends on a more optimistic note than the title suggests
islam  creationism  evolution  religion  science  article 
october 2009 by banjaloupe
Altruism vs. Selfishness: Case Closed
fiiiinally people get it
altruism  social  generosity  selfish  evolution  science  article 
september 2009 by banjaloupe
We hate memes, pass it on…
a great criticism of memetics, which i think could boil down to "what is a meme, what is an idea, get your explanations straight"
meme  philosophy  evolution  science  article  criticism 
july 2009 by banjaloupe
The Orienting Stone
on the otolith and its magic
via:ouroboros  amazing  anatomy  stone  fish  animal  evolution  picture 
july 2009 by banjaloupe
Morality, Evolution, and Kant
some nice thoughts on common kantian dilemmas
kant  philosophy  morality  evolution  article  reference 
april 2009 by banjaloupe
Gary Marcus on Charles Darwin's 'Survival of the Fittest'
lol @ homo economicus
evolution  economics  psychology  rationality  article 
february 2009 by banjaloupe
Theos: Rescuing Darwin
an interesting (british) report on reconciling religion & evolution-- altho i doubt this would apply to the US as well, since the opposition is either liars (ID & wedge document) or would entirely resist the theological changes (YECs)
science  religion  evolution  article  research  via:peterparslow 
february 2009 by banjaloupe
Seeing and Believing
"Je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là" (Laplace) -- coyne writes a long (but valuable article) on reconciling religion and science
science  religion  evolution  creationism  philosophy  reviews  article 
january 2009 by banjaloupe
When inclusion costs and ostracism pays, ostracism still hurts
not sure i agree that this supports evolutionary psych, but i'm always happy to mess with economics :D
game  psychology  research  social  science  evolution  economics 
december 2008 by banjaloupe
Evolved Virtual Creatures
karl sims' wacky little buddies
cogsci  ai  evolution  programming  robot  graphics  video  creatures 
october 2008 by banjaloupe
On the Origin of Circuits
includes a picture of the evolved antennae
cogsci  evolution  design  ai  science  article  antenna  technology 
september 2008 by banjaloupe
WALL-E and Darwin
further proof that wall-e is the bestest
wall-e  psychology  evolution  emotion  article 
july 2008 by banjaloupe
Unintelligent Design - Gary Marcus
even conceptually, ID has no legs to stand on
design  evolution  article 
july 2008 by banjaloupe

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