There is behavioral ecology, which looks closely at the difference different ecologies make to behavior and other features of animals and humans. There's evolutionary individual psychology, there's evolutionary social psychology. In Darwin's terms, evolution couldn't exist without variation, and variation is important in behavioral genetics. And so on, and so on. There are so many instances in which evolution actually sharpens the precision, I think, with which one can find out the importance of differences. We're interested in differences as well as commonalities.
I think that's an important part of art in general. Especially in literature, in stories, we play with eventualities that may put us through a lot of… - Brian Boyd
I think that's an important part of art in general. Especially in literature, in stories, we play with eventualities that may put us through a lot of…
- Brian Boyd
There is behavioral ecology, which looks closely at the difference different ecologies make to behavior and other features of animals and humans. The… - Brian Boyd
There is behavioral ecology, which looks closely at the difference different ecologies make to behavior and other features of animals and humans. The…
Social media takes time and careful, strategic thought. It doesn't happen by accident. - Brian Boyd
Social media takes time and careful, strategic thought. It doesn't happen by accident.
Scientists, to give them credit, do not think of the humanities in a negative way. It's the bureaucrats who want to cut costs who think, Well, here's… - Brian Boyd
Scientists, to give them credit, do not think of the humanities in a negative way. It's the bureaucrats who want to cut costs who think, Well, here's…
Perhaps the most demanding trick in all of art is to know ways that are going to capture the attention of an audience right now, and yet to also hold… - Brian Boyd
Perhaps the most demanding trick in all of art is to know ways that are going to capture the attention of an audience right now, and yet to also hold…
There's a young Danish guy who has done a lot of work from an evolutionary perspective, Mathias Clasen. Basically, his argument is we've evolved to f… - Brian Boyd
There's a young Danish guy who has done a lot of work from an evolutionary perspective, Mathias Clasen. Basically, his argument is we've evolved to f…
In fiction the story lives the more everyone comes to life, the more each character seems to exist in his or her own right. - Brian Boyd
In fiction the story lives the more everyone comes to life, the more each character seems to exist in his or her own right.
I would be very surprised if on another planet we discovered a species as intelligent as humans that didn't have narrative, or didn't have art in gen… - Brian Boyd
I would be very surprised if on another planet we discovered a species as intelligent as humans that didn't have narrative, or didn't have art in gen…
Any artist who really engages with the problems in their medium at that moment and tries to deepen the problems is likely to discover new problems, n… - Brian Boyd
Any artist who really engages with the problems in their medium at that moment and tries to deepen the problems is likely to discover new problems, n…
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