DoNotDogfeck 2 - Bipedophilia

Another response (kind of) to Variablast's request for alternative theories for complex detailed human behaviour to put alongside evolutionary psychology (notice how I'm carefully avoiding the 'r' word?). The ideas here are (I think) associated with Robert Ornstein and book called 'The Evolution of Consciousness'. The idea is that something as simple as moving from walking on all fours to be bipedal had huge repercussions for how humans developed, including some specific effects which resulted in brain plasticity being particularly enhanced. Take home message is that we come into the world as increbly impressionable entities bound to a highly variable social environment.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• evolution
• consciousness
• Robert
• Ornstein
• variablast
• evolutionary
• psychology
• nature
• nurture
• bipedal

[detriplea]

For a dose of subtle Polish philosophy, I would recommend to you a series of films called " The three color trilogy". I think this film resonates with mine and your views.

[conferencereport]

@derriplea

I loved that series, thanks for the reminder

[rosskay]

ardipithicus is the oldest known link/bridge to humans becoming bi-pedal. Lucy came about much much later in evolution and was already walking a lot better than ardi was. There are some good shows, covers and interviews, including "discovering ardi" either from discovery or national geographic. definately check it out I think you might find it interesting.

[conferencereport]

I will indeed. Many thanks.

Fred

[TWITfromURANUS]

I've only watched one of Gary's vids on this whole rape issue ... they bore me rigid TBH (no pun intended).

It's just kinda reassuring to know that the he's basically saying that genetics don't completely rule our lives.

(remember dat)

[1noen1]

You mention that Freudian analysis is out of favor. This is true but Jacques Lacan re-interpreted him by replacing Freudian ideas about the penis with Lacan's formulation of the "Phallus". Basically it's not all about sex, it's about power, even sex is about power and our relationship to it.

[1noen1]

@detriplea -- Krzysztof Kieślowski - Trzy Kolory - Niebieski (Trois Couleurs - Bleu) (1993)

Bleu is my favorite. Slavoj ZIzek mentions Bleu in his Perverts Guide to the Cinema, also very good.

[britmetal]

it depends on context... in modern human context rape is extreme behaviour... use you brain... please...

[mindDefyButtin]

i don't think fairyblast is interested in proper intellectual responses.

he's just trying to be obnoxiously inflammatory; it seems

[gRaYTaiCho]

It's only logical to assume if a rape gene existed, and rape did have an evolutionary advantage, the majority of us, and most of the other sentients on earth, would be rapists.

Logic wins again.

[vls174]

I'm referring to this definition of 'natural':

''Being in a state regarded as primitive, uncivilized, or unregenerate.''

''A primitive state of existence, untouched and uninfluenced by civilization or artificiality''

[gratex]

other species also rape...

"high-level logic" and planning are also natural. is there nothing that is not natural about humans?