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  • #33 Richard Lippa: Sex Differences in Cognition and Interests

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    Dr. Richard Lippa is a Professor of Psychology at California State University. He’s the author of books like Introduction to Social Psychology, and Gender, Nature, and Nurture.

    Here, we talk about the controversies surrounding the study of human sex differences; the sources we draw from while establishing the sex differences as scientific facts; the use of sex and gender as scientific terms; the role of biology in psychological and behavioral sex differences; some of the main sex differences, in aggression, sexual behavior, cognitive abilities, and interests; the role of endocrinology, and the sex hormones; how studying the psychological traits of homosexual people allow for a better understanding of sex differences; the prosocial role of testosterone; and the possible influence of sociocultural factors.

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    O Dr. Richard Lippa é um Professor de Psicologia da California State University. É o autor de livros como Introduction to Social Psychology, e Gender, Nature, and Nurture.

    Aqui, falamos sobre os controvérsias em redor do estudo de diferenças sexuais humanas; as fontes das quais colhemos dados na tentativa de estabelecer as diferenças entre os sexos como factos científicos; o uso de sexo e género como termos científicos; o papel da biologia nas diferenças psicológicas e comportamentais; algumas das principais diferenças, em termos de agressão, comportamento sexual, habilidades cognitivas, e interesses; o papel da endocrinologia, e das hormonas sexuais; como o estudo de pessoas homossexuais permite uma melhor entendimento das diferenças entre os sexos; o papel prossocial da testosterona; e a possível influência de fatores socioculturais. 

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    1 hr 2 min
  • #150 Steve Stewart-Williams: The Ape That Understood The Universe, Biology and Human Culture

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    Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams is Associate Professor of Psychology at Nottingham University Malaysia Campus. His research revolves around the idea that theories from evolutionary biology can shed light on human psychology. In particular, he’s interested in the evolutionary origins of altruistic behavior and human sex differences. He also has a long-standing interest in the philosophical implications of evolutionary theory. He’s also the author of the books Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life (2010) and The Ape That Understood the Universe (2018).

    In this episode, our conversation centers on some of the main topics of Dr. Stewart-Williams’ most recent book, The Ape That Understood the Universe. We first go through some of the basics of modern evolutionary theory and evolutionary biology, like units and levels of selection, and sexual selection, and also establish the relationship between biology and culture at the same time. Then, we discuss the origins of sex differences, and psychological traits as part of our phenotype. We also refer to the problem with using the term “gender” in science. We then talk about the model MMC (Mutual Mate Choice) in human sexual selection, and if there is any preferred mating system in human societies, like monogamy or polygamy. Toward the end, we talk about the evolutionary mismatch between our ancestral environments and our modern industrialized scientific societies, and how to approach the study of religion from a biological/evolutionary standpoint.


    Time Links:

    00:55 Units and levels of selection in evolution

    09:39 Biological and cultural evolution        

    13:09 How to think about culture   

    23:19 Sexual selection       

    27:29 Where to start off from to understand the origins of sex differences      

    34:59 The problem with the term “gender”       

    42:30 The flaws with pure sociological or sociocultural approaches to psychological sex differences    

    45:17 Cultures do not vary randomly 

    48:05 About the MCFC (Males Compete Females Choose) and MMC (Mutual Mate Choice) models of sexual selection

    52:14 Is there any preferred mating system in human societies (monogamy, polygamy)? 

    55:55 Evolutionary mismatch between our ancestral environments and the modern ones 

    1:00:35 How to properly study religion as a human phenomenon

    1:09:31 “Culture might influence our behavior a bit, but it never conjures things up, nor is the origin of them” 

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    1 hr 14 min
  • #32 Artemis: Losing the Sense of Womanhood to Gender Ideology

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    This is the third interview for the series “Fighting Gender Ideology”, in which I’m giving people a platform to talk about how they were personally affected by gender ideology, in a way or another. 

    My guest this time I will identify as Artemis, a web nickname, in order to protect her true identity. 

    And here we talk about how her husband started exhibiting bizarre sexual behaviors after having gone through accidents while serving at the US army, which led him to seek help with a gender therapist, and how everything in their life got dramatically worse after that. 

    Please watch it. It’s a terrible and moving story, where even Artemis’ womanhood is at stake, and she had the courage to show her face and to let us know about this.

    “Fighting Gender Ideology” playlist: 

    Some relevant links:

    No Puberty Blockers For Children: https://www.facebook.com/Muttmere/ ; https://twitter.com/Muttmere1

    Hands Across The Aisle: https://handsacrosstheaislewomen.com/

    Gender Critical Resources: https://gendercriticalresources.com/Support/

    Lily Maynard: https://lilymaynard.wordpress.com/

    Transgender Trend: https://www.transgendertrend.com/

    Parents of ROGD Kids: https://www.parentsofrogdkids.com

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    1 hr 7 min
  • #31 Samuel Andreyev: Music Across Times and Cultures

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    Samuel Andreyev is a Canadian composer and writer residing in France.

    Here, we talk about his work, and his Youtube channel; the differences between classical and modern music compositions; what are the universal traits of music across cultures and times, and may have a connection with innate aesthetics predispositions for music appreciation; how deaf people create music; the differences between music for the elites and music for the people, throughout history; and the role played by the music industry in promoting what is now popular music. 

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    O Samuel Andreyev é um compositor e escritor canadiano residente em França.

    Aqui, falamos sobre o seu trabalho, e o seu canal do Youtube; as diferenças entre composições musicais clássicas e modernas; quais as características universais da música que atravessam as diferentes culturas e tempos, e que podem ter uma conexão com predisposições estéticas inatas para apreciação musical; as diferenças entre música para as elites e música para as pessoas, ao longo da história; e o papel da indústria musical na promoção do que é agora a música popular.

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    Twitter handle: @SamuelAndreyev

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    45 min
  • #30 David C. Geary: Folk Cognition, Sex Differences in Vulnerability, Children's Learning

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    Dr. David C. Geary is a cognitive developmental and evolutionary psychologist. He is currently a Curators’ Professor and Thomas Jefferson Fellow in the Department of Psychological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He’s the author of several books including Children's Mathematical Development, Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences, and Evolution of vulnerability: Implications For Sex Differences in Health and Development. 

    Here, we talk about the cognitive modules of folk psychology, folk biology and folk physics; the book Evolution of Vulnerability, and how the study of vulnerability gives strength to the research on human sex differences; the differences between biologically primary and secondary information; in what ways is the knowledge about these modules important for us to devise better ways for children to learn and to be educated; the difficulty in learning Mathematics; the role play plays in children’s development and the acquisition of social and academic knowledge; how sex differences affect the acquisition of academic knowledge for boys and girls, and the possibility of segregated schooling; Peter Gray and the Sudbury Valley School experiment.

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    O Dr. David C. Geary é um psicólogo cognitivo do desenvolvimento e evolutivo. É atualmente o Curators’ Professor e Thomas Jefferson Fellow do Department of Psychological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program na Universidade de Missouri. É o autor de vários livros, incluindo Children’s Mathematical Development, Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences, e Evolution of vulnerability: Implications For Sex Differences in Health and Development. 

    Aqui, falamos sobre os módulos cognitivos de “folk psychology”, “folk biology”, e “folk physics”; o livro Evolution of Vulnerability e como o estudo da vulnerabilidade dá força à investigação em redor de diferenças entre os sexos; as diferenças entre informação biológica primária e secundária; de que maneiras o conhecimento sobre estes módulos é importante para concebermos melhores formas para as crianças aprenderem e serem educadas; a dificuldades em aprender matemática; o papel que a brincadeira tem no desenvolvimento da criança e na aquisição de conhecimento social e académico; como as diferenças entre os sexos afetam a aquisição de conhecimento académico para meninos e meninas, e a possibilidade de ensino segregado; Peter Gray e a experiência na Sudbury Valley School.

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    54 min
  • #29 Andrew (Sorting Myself Out): Improving Life With the Help of Dr. Jordan Peterson

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    Andrew Joakim is the host of the Youtube channel, Sorting Myself Out, where he’s trying to apply the teachings coming from the work of Dr. Jordan B. Peterson to improve his life.

    Here, we talk about his life until the point he got across Dr. Peterson’s work; why he decided to start the channel; what changes he tried to implement in his life, the ones which worked, and the ones which didn’t; his Big Five personality traits, and which of them he’s trying to improve; his trip to Tonga, and what he will try to do there.

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    O Andrew Joakim é o anfitrião do canal do Youtube, Sorting Myself Out, onde ele tenta aplicar os ensinamentos que provêm do trabalho do Dr. Jordan B. Peterson para melhorar a sua vida.

    Aqui, falamos sobre a sua vida até ao ponto em que teve contacto com o trabalho do Dr. Peterson; por que é que decidiu começar o canal; que mudanças tentou implementar na sua vida, as que funcionaram, e as que não funcionaram; as suas características de personalidade Big Five, and quais está a tentar melhorar; a sua viagem para Tonga, e o que vai tentar fazer lá.

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    https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo

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    45 min
  • #149 Martin Daly: Evolution, Inequality, Violence And Homicide

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    Dr. Martin Daly is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University, Canada. His areas of interest are human violence (especially homicide), family relations, and evolutionary psychology. He is a founding member and past-president (1991-1993) of the Human Behavior & Evolution Society (HBES), and with his late wife Margo Wilson, he served as co-editor-in-chief of the society's journal Evolution & Human Behaviour for its first decade. In 1998, Dr. Daly was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. They also co-authored three books: Sex, Evolution and Behavior (1978, 1983), Homicide (1988), and The Truth about Cinderella (1998). Dr. Daly’s latest book (July, 2016) is entitled Killing the Competition: Economic Inequality and Homicide. 

    In this episode, the conversation revolves around violence and homicide, and the main topics of the books Homicide and Killing the Competition. First, we talk about the evolutionary bases of violent behavior, as a means of controlling other people’s behavior and regulating relationships. We also go through the evolved sex differences in aggressiveness, as a result of intrasexual and intersexual competition. Then, we talk specifically about homicide, and why it might also happen in familial conflicts, even though it is quite rare. We also refer to the potential problems with having an approach that favors pathologizing all types of violent and deviant behavior. Finally, we talk about the relationship between economic inequality and homicide, as explored in Killing the Competition, and how it affects primarily young men, and the environmental and social circumstances that trigger it. Toward the end, we also refer to the importance of the State having the monopoly over violence and its relationship with social stability, and the benefits that we get from economic redistribution.  


    Time Links:

    02:03 The evolved function of violence

    07:28 The evolutionary costs and benefits of violence  

    12:42 Sex differences in aggressiveness and violent behavior      

    15:50 Intrasexual and intersexual competition   

    24:21 About homicide      

    28:25 Familial violence and homicide      

    34:04 Is the best approach to pathologize violent behavior?     

    44:47 Killing the Competition, and the relationship between economic inequality and homicide 

    54:49 Inequality, disadvantaged young men, violence and reproductive success 

    1:01:19 Killing and waging war to gain access to sexual resources

    1:11:34 Violence in criminal gangs 

    1:15:42 Hobbes, the Leviathan, and State monopoly over violence

    1:17:51 Could education on th

    1 hr 30 min
  • #28 Edward Slingerland: The Cognitive Science of Religion, And What Sicence Offers the Humanities

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    Dr. Edward Slingerland is a Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He’s the Director of the Cultural Evolution of Religion Research Consortium (CERC), the Director of the Database of Religious History (DRH), and the Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture (HECC). And he’s also the author of books like What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture, and Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity.

    Here, we talk about the Cognitive Science of Religion; religion as a biological adaptation or the product of cultural evolution; group selection; religion at the collective and institutionalized levels; the role of CREDs (credibility enhancing displays) in religion; the benefits of religion for the individual and society; the role science should play in the Humanities and the view of the mind as an embodied entity; postmodernism and the Standard Social Science Model. 

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    O Dr. Edward Slingerland é um professor de Estudos Asiáticos da Universidade da Columbia Britânica, Vancouver, Canadá. É o Diretor do Cultural Evolution of Religion Research Consortium (CERC), o Diretor do Database of Religious History (DRH), e o Codiretor do Centre for the Study of Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture (HECC). E é também o autor de livros como What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture, and Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity.

    Aqui, falamos sobre a Ciência Cognitiva da Religião; religião como uma adaptação biológica ou o produto de evolução cultural; seleção de grupo; religião ao nível coletivo e institucional; o papel dos CREDs (credibility enhancing displays) na religião; os benefícios da religião para o indivíduo e a sociedade; o papel que a ciência deveria ter nas Humanidades e a visão da mente como uma entidade corpórea; pós-modernismo e o Standard Social Science Model.

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    Faculty Page: https://asia.ubc.ca/persons/edward-slingerland/

    MOOC The Science of Religion: https://www.edx.org/course/science-religion-ubcx-religionx

    Book What Science Offers the Humanities: https://www.amazon.com/What-Science-Offers-Humanities-Integrating/dp/0521701511

    Twitter handle: @slingerland20

    Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/slingerland3

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    ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

    42 min
  • #148 David Benatar: Anti-Natalism, Abortion, Suicide, Euthanasia, Environmentalism

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    Dr. David Benatar is professor of philosophy at the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa. He is best known for his advocacy of antinatalism in his book Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence, in which he argues that coming into existence is a serious harm, regardless of the feelings of the existing being once brought into existence, and that, as a consequence, it is always morally wrong to create more sentient beings. He’s also the author of books like The Second Sexism: Discrimination Against Men and Boys (2012), and The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions (2017).

    In this episode, we focus on anti-natalism, and its several ramifications. We tackle the asymmetry argument from different angles. We talk about how we are predisposed to evaluate life, and if we can do it objectively. We establish a distinction between a life worth continuing and a life worth starting. And we also go through some specific topics like life for nonhuman animals, abortion, suicide, euthanasia, and environmentalism. 


    Time Links:

    01:01 The anti-natalist position

    01:54 The asymmetry argument, or comparing nonexistence to existence in terms of pain and pleasure              

    05:55 The biases we have to evaluate life      

    14:22 The is-ought problem   

    17:32 How to properly determine if life is worth living    

    22:33 Life worth continuing vs life worth starting      

    27:40 Does progress make a difference?     

    36:37 About growth through adversity

    39:02 What about nonhuman animals? 

    41:58 Abortion

    43:52 Suicide

    50:31 Euthanasia

    53:50 The various ways to measure pain and pleasure in life

    55:51 Anti-natalism and environmentalism

    58:54 More people = more innovation?

    1:01:13 Follow Dr. Benatar’s work!   

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    Other books: https://tinyurl.com/yb6k7r4m

    Twitter handle: @d_benatar

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    1 hr 3 min
  • #27 Virtutis Discipulus: Evolution of Language, Spelling Agreements, Virtue

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    My guest today is the host of the Youtube channel, Virtutis Discipulus, where he promotes the study of the Latin and Greek origins of the Portuguese language, and also promotes a rational approach to virtue.

    Here, we talk about his lectures, and the research work he does to prepare them; the evolution of language; the more recent spelling agreement implemented in Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking countries, and its critics; the relation between the way we talk and the way we write; and related topics.

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    O meu convidado, hoje, é o Virtutis Discipulus, o anfitrião do canal do Youtube com o mesmo nome, onde ele promove o estudo das origens latinas e gregas da língua Portuguesa, e também uma abordagem racional da virtude.

    Aqui, falamos sobre as suas “lecturas”, e o trabalho de pesquisa que faz para as preparar; a evolução da língua; o mais recente Acordo Ortográfico implementado em Portugal e noutros países de Língua Portuguesa, e os seus críticos; a relação entre a forma como falamos e a forma como escrevemos; e tópicos relacionados.

    Virtutis Discipulus Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJMeIROyniRsLzIFDQoxB6w

    Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VirtutisDiscipulus/

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    A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE!

    I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

    https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo

    And check out my playlists on:

    PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km

    PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p

    ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g 

    32 min

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My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast.

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