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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><b>…</b><br><b>Subject:</b> [ExI] question for Henry<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Ellis Michaels</b> requested your answer…<a href="https://www.quora.com/qemail/track_click?al_imp=eyJ0eXBlIjogMzUsICJoYXNoIjogLTE0NjU0NDQ2OH0%3D&al_pri=1&aoid=L9Kx3uRSoWD&aoty=2&aty=4&cp=1&ct=1630258590402102&et=103&id=2f9a0a03ce8d4151889fe406d753468a&request_id=289&src=1&st=1630258590412654&stories=25647991381&uid=zGWPcMS0Aej&v=0" target="_blank"><span class=gmail-m4378574431761178047renderedqtext><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.4pt'>What branch of psychology has the most predictive power in everyday life: social psych, evolutionary psych, etc.?</span></b></span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Billw, you addressed the question to Henry who is a professional in the field, but I might offer this: once I learned of it, the notion of evolutionary psychology has enormous power in observations otherwise difficult to explain. I see examples of it everywhere, and some examples where it works really well. Keith Henson introduced me to it, and he was a big fan. My concern is that it is very susceptible to confirmation bias, perhaps more than other branches.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>