The Evolutionary Psychology Of Anxiety & Depression - Ed Hagen - #632
Modern Wisdom
05/25/23
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Ed Hagen is an evolutionary anthropologist, Professor at Washington State University, a researcher and an author.
Low mood, depression and anxiety are states we will all become familiar with at some point in our lives. But why did evolution create a creature that is able to contemplate so much complexity that sometimes it suffers psychologically? Why are we wired to feel this way and how are we able to pull ourselves out?
Expect to learn the evolutionary reason why humans get depressed, how postpartum depression is adaptive, why being strong can lower your chances of depression, how evolutionary theory can improve all of medicine, why women are so much more depressed on average than men, why humans are even capable of suicide and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro (00:38) Why Has Depression Survived Evolution? (05:42) Explaining Depressive Symptoms (15:00) The Sex Difference in Depression (19:23) Can You Become Less Depressed by Becoming Stronger? (23:30) Why Men Commit Suicide More Than Women (29:41) Why Natural Selection Hasn’t Made Suicide Impossible (35:14) Age as a Factor in Suicide Statistics (41:06) The Cause of Post-Partum Depression (47:31) Is Evolutionary Psychology Racist? (53:38) Critiques of Evolutionary Psychology (56:28) Music’s Role in Evolution (1:02:50) Where to Find Ed
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May 27, 2023
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Peter Singer is a philosopher, creator of the ethical veganism movement, bioethicist, Princeton University professor, and author.
Do animals possess the capacity to suffer? And if they do, does that mean there is a moral case to ensure that we reduce their suffering as much as possible? Thankfully, the ethical case for animal welfare is much more interesting and reasonable than protestors throwing pigs blood over your Canada Goose coat.
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