Christ almighty, Oliver James is a twat of the first order…

How do you begin to say what’s wrong with this? With its lazy and false characterisation of evolutionary psychology as “genetic determinism”, its sinisterly self-righteous insinuations about the political motivations of the scientists involved (“evolutionary psychology rose from the ashes of social science as free-market economics swept all before it…[it] also justified the rich man in his castle and the poor (relabelled as underclass) in their place”), its weaselly cop-out of a closing sentence (“With Shibley Hyde’s study we see potent evidence of what many may have been thinking for some time”)…

Yes! One study (published in a Journal of Psychology, and therefore God’s Own Truth), proves that Oliver James is justified in ignoring, dismissing or wilfully misinterpreting everything about evolutionary psychology that he doesn’t like! We are blank slates at birth, innocent and pure until we are scribbled over messily by a warped society and abusive parents! Save us, save us Doctor James with your magical healing touch!