[Right Wing Professor]

This phenomenon (of extending the Darwinian paradigm--also represented by 'evolutionary psychology' with its usually untestable just-so stories) is the reason why the word 'Darwinist' has a useful meaning as distinct from 'evolutionary biologist'.

Hmmmm. I dislike unwarranted extensions of terms beyond their usual meanings; particularly when such extensions are attempts at a fallacious 'refutations' of the original proposition - that species evolve from other species by mutation and natural selection.

By the way, have you any familiarity with the actual scientific literature on evolutionary psychology, as opposed to its presentation in the popular media?

[The_Reader_David]

Regarding familiarity with evolutionary psychology beyond pop presentations: only what shows up in my wife's American Psychologists.

You will notice I had the qualifying adverb 'usually'. I have been impressed by the occasional (usually very clever) proposals for testable predictions coming from evo-psych quarters that I've seen.