[lbo-talk] DO KINDER PEOPLE HAVE AN EVOLUTIONARY ADVANTAGE?

Matthias Wasser matthias.wasser at gmail.com
Thu Mar 4 06:16:16 PST 2010


On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 8:56 AM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:


> DO KINDER PEOPLE HAVE AN EVOLUTIONARY ADVANTAGE?
> By Yasmin Anwar, UC Berkeley
> "Positive psychology" research indicates that the kinder you
> are, the more likely you are to survive -- and evolve.
>
> http://www.alternet.org/story/145888/do_kinder_people_have_an_evolutionary_advantage
>

"The more likely you are to evolve," ugh. I suppose the unholy coupling of positive and evolutionary psychology was bound to happen at some point - throw in some Freud and you have the ideal anti-science.



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