tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post5028232563360738379..comments2024-03-22T15:55:34.030-04:00Comments on Evo and Proud: The hidden past of Claude Lévi-StraussPeter Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04303172060029254340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-41816939504367782322015-04-18T11:32:54.238-04:002015-04-18T11:32:54.238-04:00Dion, for almost all of human history people belie...Dion, for almost all of human history people believed in myths. There is no reason to believe that if a population's society-wide explicit acceptance of the pragmatic Anglo-Saxon scientific truth (Darwinism) would actually lead to Darwinian success for its members .<br /><br />Once you remove the myths that humans co-evolved with, what will motivate them? Obviously there can be myths that are bad, such as the one Levi-Strauss tried to refute (once obstacles between groups dwindle and diversity is blended away the world will function more efficiently). But living with the scientific truth about reproductive success seems to be the one thing that reduces reproductive success. <br /><br />If you want to provide something that will sustain a population you have to offer imaginative insights--alternative myths.Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-48884816632468878892015-04-16T00:29:47.046-04:002015-04-16T00:29:47.046-04:00His originality was to interpret myth and custom n...His originality was to interpret myth and custom not so much as the distinct creation of a particular culture, but as different expressions of images universally innate to homo sapiens. In elucidating these common mental structures he relied less on meticulous observation in the field than upon a series of imaginative insights which were often greeted with scepticism in the pragmatic Anglo-Saxon world.Dion Gauthier & Associatehttp://www.dga.expert/noreply@blogger.com