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Tag: Evolution

Steve Stuart Williams. The Ape that Understood the Universe.

My notes on an engaging book showing how human nature can be explained by evolutionary psychology and memetics.

Randolph Nesse. Good Reasons for Bad Feelings.

My notes on a book about ‘Evolutionary Psychology,’ which considers why natural selection left us vulnerable to mental disorders and how to improve treatments.

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