> From: Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I tend to doubt very many Brin-Lers--other than > > certain Trolls--had > > difficulty understanding you. > > I did, actually, and I have an extensive background in > evolutionary psych. > > My problem with it - from what I did understand - is > the problem shared with most evolutionary psychology. > It struck me as a "just so" story. I never said it was correct. Just understandable. > So how does that square with the idease expressed > here? I'm not even sure, but evolutionary psychology > is a very, very, very thin reed on which to rest an argument. I tend to think extremism develops from out of control societal feedback loops, and that like any other parasitic disease extremism that's effective in some way is selected for. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
