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I Debunked Evolutionary Psychology - münecat (www.youtube.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Prunebutt to c/breadtube

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Edit - Addendum: The video title is quite clickbait-y. The video doesn't want to debunk any "serious" science, but rather investigates how badly done research with no reproducability or horrible statistical significance is used to influence the discourse in favour of regressive politics.

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[–] rah@feddit.uk -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Got to about 3 minutes and couldn't watch any more. She's not arguing against evolutionary psychology, she's arguing against idiots on the Internet who hold up evolutionary psychology to justify their views.

[–] Prunebutt 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Doesn't she mention published evopsych papers right from the very beginning?

Edit: 3 minutes is literally the end of the intro. You didn't watch any actual content of the video if that's a correct statement.

[–] rah@feddit.uk -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Doesn't she mention published evopsych papers right from the very beginning?

She shows some titles, I'm not sure if they're headlines from newspaper articles or titles of peer-reviewed papers. Regardless, she doesn't discuss evolutionary psychology at all in what I watched, she just talks about idiots on the Internet.

Edit: 3 minutes is literally the end of the intro. You didn't watch any actual content of the video if that's a correct statement.

Edit: right. Because given what I did watch, there's no reason for me to watch any more.

[–] Prunebutt 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You're claiming a lot about a video you admitted you didn't even watch. She discusses several professors of evopsych with published papers, like Geoffrey Miller and David Buss.

You could have skimmed the chapters in the description, at least.

Edit: The titles are obviously real, puplished evopsych papers with a bunch of citations. Examples:

[–] rah@feddit.uk -5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

She discusses several professors of evopsych with published papers, like Geoffrey Miller and David Buss.

Discussing evolutionary psychology professors instead of discussing evolutionary psychology? Another reason not to bother.

[–] Prunebutt 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You can admit that you don't like her style without claiming bullshit about a video you didn't watch, homie.

[–] rah@feddit.uk -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can admit that you don't like her style

WTF are you talking about?

[–] Prunebutt 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why else would you judge the video after you've only watched the intro?

[–] rah@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I judged the video based on the introduction. Which is part of the purpose of having an introduction: to decide whether it's worth investing one's time and attention in what's being introduced.

[–] Prunebutt 1 points 5 months ago

The introduction mostly showed the style of the creator. And it also showed published evopsych papers which the video was about to debunk. It didn't even mention any "idiot on the internet".