tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417197.post113440181737626098..comments2023-07-21T09:30:47.335-07:00Comments on MoBlo: InG we T - Sexual SelectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417197.post-1134607396654728282005-12-14T16:43:00.000-08:002005-12-14T16:43:00.000-08:00I just finished the second chapter and got pretty ...I just finished the second chapter and got pretty much the same feel as Chris did. I'd already read most of the material which he covered regarding spandrel's in other sources and I still found Atran's style in places to be unnecessarily tedious. This, however, was probably due the nature of the beast which he was discussing. While I do think that Gould's spandrel's are useful qualifiers for Jeff Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344848794614278761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417197.post-1134425993238785482005-12-12T14:19:00.000-08:002005-12-12T14:19:00.000-08:00Just to add, one thing that I think Atran is setti...Just to add, one thing that I think Atran is setting up is the issue of community vs. individual. It'll be interesting to see how that develops. That's an important issue when considering evolution, of course. Something all to easy to forget even by people who ought know better.Clark Goblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876620613578404474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417197.post-1134425893603328352005-12-12T14:18:00.000-08:002005-12-12T14:18:00.000-08:00What will be interesting is to see if he makes tes...What will be interesting is to see if he makes testable predictions. As I recall, his view is fairly dominant in cog science. You might wish to read that interesting post up at <A HREF="http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2005/12/gods-of-cognitive-scientists.php" REL="nofollow">Gene Expressions</A> as it takes on that recent article in the Atlantic I linked to at my blog last week.<BR/><BR/>I think the Clark Goblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876620613578404474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417197.post-1134412524367137382005-12-12T10:35:00.000-08:002005-12-12T10:35:00.000-08:00Yes that chapter was probably to give a better ide...Yes that chapter was probably to give a better idea from where he was coming from. It seemed rather like the Hawking books, where a grad student fills in many of the intro details. At times the writing was clear and easy to folllow. At other times it seemed unecessarily complicated. It gave me the feeling there were two authors at work. I doubt that was the case, but at times I was certainlychris ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058031349104748778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417197.post-1134405968796802352005-12-12T08:46:00.000-08:002005-12-12T08:46:00.000-08:00I almost wrote up my thoughts on that chapter last...I almost wrote up my thoughts on that chapter last night. Like you, I think it will be boring to people who've read books on evolution. However it seems his real point is that selection can select in odd ways - something to keep in mind in these discussions. I really liked his discussion of the throat, speech and swallowing for instance. But clearly things can be selected for odd reasons, Clark Goblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876620613578404474noreply@blogger.com