Rationally Speaking #28 - Live! How To Tell Science From Bunk
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Exploring Natural Experiments in Biology and Evolutionary Psychology
The chapter delves into the use of natural experiments in ecology to understand assembly rules of biological communities, and in evolutionary psychology to explain human behavior through natural selection. It discusses testing hypotheses on human unique traits like religion and the challenges faced due to limited comparative data and varying behaviors of close relatives to humans. Examples like sickle cell anemia genes in African populations are highlighted as valuable tools for evolutionary studies.
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