Leda Cosmides News Today

Steven Pinker writes in Nautilus: Psychology...

(Apparently my spidey senses are not what they used to be since I did not detect the swarm of wasps that attacked me this week. This is from 2007)

Professors Leda Cosmides, Tanya Atwater and Nelson Lichtenstein have been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a 243 year-old institution

Dr. Daniel Sznycer, an assistant professor in Oklahoma State University’s Department of Psychology, recently published research on moral judgment in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. “This paper shows the first proof that dilemmas trigger a well-designed cognitive system for making tradeoffs between conflicting moral values,” Sznycer said.

Human nature is a paradox. On the one hand, thanks to our evolution in the five million years since we left the jungle, we are a highly social species. On the other hand, as the last centuries show only too well, we can be truly hateful towards our fellow human beings—on a group level, war, and on an individual level, prejudice.

A woman recorded herself sitting alone in silence as her alleged Uber driver played an audiobook that she described as 'incel-adjacent.'

There are friends you can count on — and friends you can count on to fake their own kidnapping the moment you are the slightest bit in need.

Im a single woman in my mid- 30s with an older half brother I havent seen in 20 years. He started calling me several years ago, and we speak sporadically (always instigated by him). Hes married and refers to me as the aunt to his four children (whom Ive never met). Recently, he asked whether they could all stay with me for a while. On the next call, he asked to borrow money. I have yet to give him answers. I cant help but suspect he just intended to use me all along. Is there a way to figure ou...