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often hear friends around you complain that it is really hard to chase girls nowadays.
must be handsome, considerate, capable and motivated, and it is best to have a car and a house.
Actually, I think that if the male gardener bird is conscious, they should think so too.
Gardener birds are building their own courtship place (Picture source: National Geographic of China)
"The Origin of Humanity" There is a saying in the various creatures in the animal kingdom, whether it is mammals, birds, reptiles , fish, insects and even crustacean , the differences in sexuality basically follow the same precise rules of the same: Males are almost always suitors .
In fact, it is not difficult to find that in nature, females always pay far more to their offspring than males, such as humans' ten-month pregnancy or birds' hatching eggs. This larger investment in offspring has led to females being more picky about partner choices. They need to carefully identify whether the male's genes are "healthy" enough to prevent their investment from failing.
This is an explanation of sexual behavior by Evolutionary psychology . When it comes to evolutionary psychology, it may be easier for you to think of David Buss's "Evolutionary Psychology" or Richard Dawkins's " Selfish Gene ", but today I want to share with you a classic work in the field of evolutionary psychology - Robert Wright's 's "Mythical Animals" .
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Darwin and us
"The general evaluation of NeoDarwinism 's sexual viewpoint is that as an explanation of animal behavior, it makes completely sense, that is, it applies to non-human animal behavior. When a male turkey may laugh when trying to mating with a simple specimen of a female turkey head. But if you point out that many men have physiological reactions after seeing two-dimensional images of naked women, they can't see any connection with the previous scene. After all, men do know that they are just looking at a photo, so their behavior may be a bit sad, but not funny. "
Since the publication of Darwin's "The Origin of Species ", we have no doubt about the evolution of human life, but once it comes to the spiritual level, we seem to be "distanced" from the sequence of biological evolution. Why is this happening to
? What is the relationship between human consciousness and morality and our bodies? How do our love for our children, love for our spouse, loyalty to friends, obedience to principles, respect for valuables, anger towards evil people connect with our material brain?
Image source: Visual China
Evolutionary psychology is such a discipline: it uses a Darwinian perspective on evolution to explain the evolutionary logic behind our daily behaviors and phenomena . It prompts us to rethink basic human nature and moral codes, change the way we think and feel life, and use another perspective - the perspective of evolution.
Love, family, friendship, morality, guilt, altruism, compassion, xenophobia, brotherhood... When these complex human natures are analyzed one by one by the author using (new)Darwinism , our views on social reality will have a more perspective.
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Darwin of Dar culture?
"When I give full reasons for Darwin's views, I will use Charles Wiggins as the first example. His thoughts, emotions and behaviors will be enough to explain the principles of evolutionary psychology."
The special feature of "Mythical Animals" is that the book uses Darwin's life as an example to explain his views, so it is also called " Half of Darwin's Biography" .
The author tried to prove the view that Darwin is also a person who is not fundamentally different from other people in the world, that is, Darwin is also a part of animals, and the theory of natural selection has a very powerful effect in explaining the nature of all living things in .
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Author and translator Profile
Author | Robert Wright
History of evolutionary psychology at Princeton University, one of the 100 influential thinkers in the world selected by the magazine Foreign Policy in 2009. The contributor to magazines such as " Atlantic Monthly ", "New Yorker", and "Time", has won many American National Journal Awards on science, technology and philosophy.
’s main works include “The Evolution of God” (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize ), “Three Scientists and Their God: Finding Meaning in the Information Age” (nominated for the National Book Critics Association Award), “Moral Animals” ( New York Times ’s Best Book of the Year), “Non-zero Sum: The Logic of Human Destiny” (one of the “75 Books of Wisdom” selected by Fortune magazine), and “Insight” (one of the “Top Ten Influential Good Books” for readers of the Year 2020).
Translator | Yin Rong
Doctor of psychology, associate professor of Weifang College, and member of the China Theoretical Psychology Professional Committee. The main research directions are evolutionary psychology and social psychology. He has published more than 70 papers, and his popular science book "From the Apes to the Human Nature: The Most Perfect Script in the History of Life" was selected as a recommended work at the 2021 National Wenjin Book Award.
It is true that evolutionary psychology provides us with a new perspective on behavior, but it also triggers readers' discussion and deep thinking. That is: Is humans really a moral animal for just how genes are passed on to natural selection?
Welcome friends to express their opinions in the comment section.
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