Meet inside The Shops at Waterloo Town Square—we will congregate in the seating area next to the Valu-Mart with the trees sticking out in the middle of the benches at 7pm for 15 minutes, and then head over to a regular’s nearby apartment’s amenity room.
Discussion
This week we’ll be reviewing the book, The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller, which argues that human intelligence, like the peacock’s tail, arose from sexual selection. We’ll be learning about the book a bit backwards: the two readings assigned are critical book reviews, then at the meetup the organizer (Simon) will present the book’s material in more detail. After that we can discuss whether the criticisms offered in the reviews land, and to what degree we believe the book’s thesis, that human intelligence arose from sexual selection.
Book Review: The Mating Mind
Meet inside The Shops at Waterloo Town Square—we will congregate in the seating area next to the Valu-Mart with the trees sticking out in the middle of the benches at 7pm for 15 minutes, and then head over to a regular’s nearby apartment’s amenity room.
Discussion
This week we’ll be reviewing the book, The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller, which argues that human intelligence, like the peacock’s tail, arose from sexual selection. We’ll be learning about the book a bit backwards: the two readings assigned are critical book reviews, then at the meetup the organizer (Simon) will present the book’s material in more detail. After that we can discuss whether the criticisms offered in the reviews land, and to what degree we believe the book’s thesis, that human intelligence arose from sexual selection.
Readings
Academic Book Review 1 (Wagner)
Academic Book Review 2 (Roney)