Penelope A. TaylorWhat Makes America Great, Again?I made up a word. The word is fander, and it means “to follow critically.” It’s mostly a play on the word fan, which in my mind means “to…4d ago4d ago
Penelope A. TaylorThe 7 Unconscious Habits of Highly Human PeopleThere are a few mental processes that we humans learned during our cave dwelling days that people still practice today, but most of us…Apr 12Apr 12
Penelope A. TaylorCo-registration: Evo Psych’s Most Useful Export (that even most researchers don’t know about)When we lived in groups that were small, isolated, language-less and nomadic, we had a singular goal: FIND FOOD AND SHARE IT. We thought…Feb 12Feb 12
Penelope A. TaylorWhat Mainstream Evolutionary Psychology (Currently) has WrongThe field of evolutionary psychology is a fairly new science. The pioneers in the field have been brave in their endeavors, but a few of…Jan 30Jan 30
Penelope A. TaylorI Joined a Sheet Cult: The Foils of Instant GratificationHumans are funny creatures. We tend to blindly follow people we trust and copy what they do. For example, young kids do what their parents…Nov 4, 20233Nov 4, 20233
Penelope A. TaylorLove is Blind, Trust is Not: Remembering How to Choose a LeaderLife can be scary when things don’t go the way we expect. For instance, no matter our side of the proverbial political aisle, we have all…Aug 1, 20231Aug 1, 20231
Penelope A. TaylorWhy We Worry (and Sometimes Self-Medicate)“Do you ever get the feeling that people are incapable of not caring?”Mar 13, 20232Mar 13, 20232
Penelope A. TaylorSome Important Things We Don’t Know We Know (and When We Learned Them)We, as a species, have learned many things from our evolutionary path. Mentally, though, there are a few things we “know” that we are not…Dec 15, 20221Dec 15, 20221
Penelope A. TaylorThe Do’s and Don’ts of Being a Good CavedwellerI think people generally mean well, but not many of us know how to be good. Part of the problem is that being good is relative; In one…Dec 1, 2022Dec 1, 2022
