Linked Video Title: "How Evolution Explains Sex Differences"
I'm not going to waste a minute of my time watching this video -- the title alone, plus the fact that Gad Saad is an "evolutionary psychologist" (*), is all I need to know to know that the video is a waste of time and intellect.But, in case you, Gentle Reader, are still intimidated by the asserted authority of the religionists of evolutionism, consider this:
1) definitionally, "evolution" operates only on genes, or more precisely, on gene expression;
2) thus, if "evolution" is to explain sex differences amongst human beings, there must be some important and enduring genetic difference between the sexes upon which "evolution" has acted over the eons, and the expression of which genes greatly influences the generally observable differing behavior and preferences of men and women;
3) but, in point of fact, due to the very mechanisms of sexual reproduction, the genetic differences between men and women are limited to a paucity of genes on the Y-Chromosome;
4) THUS, "evolution" cannot explain sex differences in humans.
(*) Straight psychology is lame and sketchy enough all on its own, but turn it into "evolutionary psychology" and you have a "science" without a subject of study.
How Evolution Explains Sex Differences - Gad Saad | Maiden Mother Matriarch 43
EDIT (2025/03/24):
Concerning "evolutionary truths between men and women" @7:00 mark --
If there are "evolutionary truths between men and women" (that is, if evolutionary psychology is anything other than Just-So bullshittery), then those "truths" -- to *be* evolutionary -- must be encoded in the DNA. YET, the genetic difference between men and women is limit to a handful of genes on the Y-chromosome; and the Y-chromosome does in fact, engage in "cross-over" (or "recombination") with a corresponding region on the X-chromosome (*).
The genetic difference between a man and a women is very a slender reed, indeed, upon which to build a metaphysic.
(*) That is, strictly speaking, it is not true that a man receives his Y-chromosome unchanged (absent mutation) from his father.
The Rise, Peak (& Fall?) of Petersonism
If there are "evolutionary truths between men and women" (that is, if evolutionary psychology is anything other than Just-So bullshittery), then those "truths" -- to *be* evolutionary -- must be encoded in the DNA. YET, the genetic difference between men and women is limit to a handful of genes on the Y-chromosome; and the Y-chromosome does in fact, engage in "cross-over" (or "recombination") with a corresponding region on the X-chromosome (*).
The genetic difference between a man and a women is very a slender reed, indeed, upon which to build a metaphysic.
(*) That is, strictly speaking, it is not true that a man receives his Y-chromosome unchanged (absent mutation) from his father.
The Rise, Peak (& Fall?) of Petersonism
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