“To reason correctly about evolutionary psychology you must simultaneously consider many complicated abstract facts that are strongly related yet importantly distinct, without a single mixup or conflation.”
Sure, but after a while this just becomes a habit and I don’t think it’s more difficult than, say, organic chemistry. But without some practice or exposure, it is deeply counterintuitive. It’s also probably encroaching on some sacred territory. You can subject some atrocious things like infanticide and homicidal rampages to evolutionary explanations. I don’t think anyone’s closed the book on any of these, but in all these cases I think EP has an interesting perspective. Generally, though, people don’t even want to think about it. People probably resist thinking along these lines because of the perceived violation of their freedom or morality (which violation is, as you say, is an illusion).
Sure, but after a while this just becomes a habit and I don’t think it’s more difficult than, say, organic chemistry. But without some practice or exposure, it is deeply counterintuitive. It’s also probably encroaching on some sacred territory. You can subject some atrocious things like infanticide and homicidal rampages to evolutionary explanations. I don’t think anyone’s closed the book on any of these, but in all these cases I think EP has an interesting perspective. Generally, though, people don’t even want to think about it. People probably resist thinking along these lines because of the perceived violation of their freedom or morality (which violation is, as you say, is an illusion).