<head><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style></head><body><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255);"><br>From: Cambridge Forum <camforum@earthlink.net>
<br>Sent: Mar 16, 2011 4:54 PM
<br>To: "director@cambridgeforum.org" <director@cambridgeforum.org>
<br>Subject: Cambridge Forum, March 21, Evolution and Modular Mind
<br><br><zzzhead><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style></zzzhead><zzzbody><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font>Cambridge Forum<br> 3 Church Street ● Cambridge, MA 02138<br>617-495-2727<br>email: director@cambridgeforum.org<br>cambridgeforum.org Release March 16, 2011<br> <br><br><br>WHY EVERYONE ELSE IS A HYPOCRITE: Evolution and the Modular Mind<br><br>On Monday, March 21, 2011 at 7 p.m. Cambridge Forum hosts Robert Kurzban, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, discussing his new book.<br><br>In Dr. Kurzban’s stunningly new thesis, argued in Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite our human mind is made up of specialized modules, each with its own evolution by natural selection. While these modules sometimes work together seamlessly. But, when they do not, it results in impossibly contradictory beliefs, vacillations between patience and impulsiveness, violations of our supposed moral principals and overinflated views of ourselfs. Dr. Kurzban challenges the current thinking in the field of psychology, arguing that it has not yet adopted the findings of deep evolution. He argues for a totally new view: no “I” but a contentious “we”. This is why it is perfectly natural to believe that everyone else is a hypocrite.<br><br>Is evolutionary psychology a “real” academic field? Has it been around long enough to challenge traditional psychology in such a basic way? As our understanding of evolution develops, how does Dr. Kurzban imagine his own thesis change? <br><br>Dr. Robert Kurzban, received his Ph.D. from the Center for Evolutionary Psychology, at the University of California, Santa Barbara and did postdoctoral work in economics and anthropology. In 2008, he won the inaugural Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution from the Human Behavior and Evolution Society.<br><br>Cambridge Forum is recorded and edited for public radio broadcast. Edited CDs are available to the public by contacting 617-495-2727. Select forums can be viewed in their entirety on demand by visiting our website at cambridgeforum.org and clicking on the Forum Network at WGBH.</zzzbody><pre>Cambridge Forum
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Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-2727
email: mailto:director@cambridgeforum.org
website: http://www.cambridgeforum.org
"Bringing People together to talk again . . ."
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