By the way, a just so story, as the term tends to be used currently, is
what might be described as a modern day creation myth. It uses the idea of
evolution as a premise and driving force, but, other than that, relies on
creativity, rather than empirical evidence. For an amusing just so story
about farting, go here.
Evolutionary psychologists tend to take just so stories very seriously.
Usually they try to say that their just so stories aren’t just so
stories.
posted at 15:00 on Mon, 15 Nov, 2004 |
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