Larissa666 said:

I just, had to snap and share this with you...


I am someone who is often puzzled and curious with human behavior. I will often wonder myself about many things regarding human nature, so I would often go and search for questions such as: “why humans do this, why humans do that, why are some humans like this, why are some humans like that, why men do this, why women do that.”


And, it happens that with every question, someone always, but ALWAYS starts explanation with: “...explanation goes back to when we were cavemen, hunters-gatherers, whatever...”



And this, is why humans are ignorant af! They don’t know a crap about human nature, yet they pretend like they know everything! I wish they just realized how stupid they sound, and stop with this evolutionary psychology already!

Click to expand...

FancyMancy said:

Ooh-gah-booh-gah, ooh-gah-booh-gah, ooh-gah-booh-gah. Wait - are you Sheldon Cooper?

https://youtu.be/xIAhPfNOiR8
Oh, dear.

Wishing won't make it so. You live in a land of ignoramuses and you get upset that the ignorami are ignorantly ignorant. Once you accept that this is how it is, then (if you have to be a bit arrogant to help you, then) you can be at peace, in some ways, with it and come to terms with it. You need to concentrate. Perhaps you should do more Void meditation and do something with your AoP for your Mind and Heart and Cleanings for your Mind and Heart, as well as a working or two for it all, as well.

Click to expand...

Larissa666 said:

FancyMancy said:

Ooh-gah-booh-gah, ooh-gah-booh-gah, ooh-gah-booh-gah. Wait - are you Sheldon Cooper?

https://youtu.be/xIAhPfNOiR8
Oh, dear.

Wishing won't make it so. You live in a land of ignoramuses and you get upset that the ignorami are ignorantly ignorant. Once you accept that this is how it is, then (if you have to be a bit arrogant to help you, then) you can be at peace, in some ways, with it and come to terms with it. You need to concentrate. Perhaps you should do more Void meditation and do something with your AoP for your Mind and Heart and Cleanings for your Mind and Heart, as well as a working or two for it all, as well.

Click to expand...

Fancy,


I am fine. Carry on.

Click to expand...

curio said:

Oftentimes, the attribution of our behavior to biology or evolutionary adaptations is a gross oversimplification, and overly materialistic at that. But that rings true whenever people make the sweeping statement "X follows as a [sole] result of Y" since so many other factors play into things. It's almost never just 1 thing and when people make sweeping black & white judgements about things in this way, it often shows a lack of understanding. Hence why it shows up so much in pop sci, blogs and magazines.

The "we wuz apes n sheeit" argument annoys me not only because it's an oversimplification but because it's so overused and it seems like people use it because they either want to seem like they know what they're talking about or they just parrot what they heard somewhere else without offering their own insights. Copout answer.

Which also reminds me of the medical model mooks in psych that tout a symptom of an illness as the illness itself (eg. framing depression as an innate "chemical imbalance" to try to shovel pills down people's throats without considering other factors like deeper developmental, psychological or lifestyle issues). It grooms people into the roles of victims of cirumstance and paints the doctor and drugs as messianic saviors and robs people of the agency to induce deep, lasting change and healing from within themselves.

At the same time, I understand the reason why simplistic explanations like we wuz chimps are used so much. Most people don't want to do the deep thinking to understand something, they just want to be told a quick, convincing-sounding answer, assume it's true and move on. It's an easy sell and caters to the average attention span.


I will say that the we wuz chimps explanation is useful sometimes, though, especially if it comes from someone who understands what they're talking about. Like with small talk. I never understood or liked small talk until I read that small talk is to us what picking bugs out of your peer's hair is to chimps. It's our form of social grooming. Doesn't change my disdain for it much but at least I understand it more.

Click to expand...

Hunchoz said:

because our ancestors were caveman and hunters. If you want to be a slave to the modern world. then go ahead, but dont try to change other peoples opinions. catch up

Click to expand...