The article link will take you to the rantings of an idiot by the name of Tony Ortega who argues not only that evolutionary psychology is stupid but specifically the people working at my university.

my comment to his featured blog:

Great job Tony, you managed to attack an entire field of science without providing any supportive evidence to back up your claims. That's truly impressive. The fact that you were able to write 850 words and yet do so without even accidentally forming one logical thought is a feat not easily accomplished. I find it absolutely astounding that the big shots at Scientific America have failed to find someone as wonderful as you to write for them. I can tell you this Tony that I plan at once to cancel my subscription to their awesome magazine until they stop hiring scientifically trained writers who have silly jobs such as being the Director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture at a major university. Instead I hope they get any joe ortege off the streets who relies on passion and emotion rather then scientific data to tell others what is and is not science.

Also I might add Tony it was a nice touch to begin the blog by citing one very extreme racist researcher that used science to push his own agenda. Relying on this as your only example of the evils of evolutionary psychology. If MacDonald had believed that their was a gene for anti-Semitism, would it be correct to then argue that all geneticists are agenda pushing genocidal maniacs.

Tony then goes on to argue that almost all evolutionary psychologists who study sexuality are male sex crazed perverts. The blatant ignorance of your argument leads me to assume that you have not read any research being produced in the area nor have you attended any conferences otherwise you would have noticed that their are a lot of women who also study this. The fact that you believe that only men would be interested in studying sexuality makes you the sexist not them.

Obviously you know little about reproductive behaviors, steaming no doubt from your own lack of experience, and that is probably why you fail to see the need in studying it. Science focused on trying to understand aspects of the anatomy and morphology of the penis and vagina using evolutionary theory or understanding behavioral adaptations toward sexuality is not dirty and it is definitely not pseudoscience. I would actually attempt to explain this to you in further detail and I would be able to do so through providing empirical work rather then just saying it’s stupid, if I thought it would not be lost on you. Do you understand what I am getting at? If you want to take the time to attack a particular theory you need to provide evidence as to why something is incorrect. This is best accomplished by branching out from using one source (Reischel) and actually reading the studies that are actually being produced in the area. While your doing this I would also recommend looking over what the scientific method entails because you seem a bit confused.

I think it would be better for all parties involved Tony if you would take the time to do some research next time you try to attack something that your only knowledge of comes from one girl named Reischel.

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