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Summary of Heyes' article: Enquire Within: Cultural Evolution and Cognitive Science

1 Intro The purpose of this article is to explain how cultural evolution and cognitive science can inform each other. The specific way...

Summary of The Pleistocene Social Contract

Book By Kim Sterelny Book Summary by Haggeo I have a book review forthcoming in the quarterly review of biology. However, that is only...

Be(A)ware of Theories: Gullibility and one way to avoid it

______________ Key Take Aways To evaluate a theory, you need to be able to compare it to an alternative. This suggests that people can...

Cognitive Gadgets Summary Ch 1

Cognitive Gadgets Below is my summary of chapter 1 of Cecilia Heyes' book, Cognitive Gadgets. Stay tuned for my summary of other...

Are Relationships Based on Benefit?

According to social exchange theory, relationships are places of exchange. “The purpose of this exchange is to maximize benefits and...