From: David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 96 15:14:34 GMT
Organization: Relational Technology

In article <326D8B1A.2DEB@ix.netcom.com>
           philrob@ix.netcom.com "Phil Roberts, Jr." writes:


> Here's a brief list of other theories I am aware of that have also tried
> to force the ugly daughter's foot (anomlous human behavior) into 
> Cinderella's slipper (theory of natural selection):
> 
> 1. The reason Evel Knievel jumped across the Snake River canyon is because 
> he was suffering from a subconscious displaced territorial aggression (Lorenz -
> ethology).
> 
> 2. The reason Evel Knievel jumped across the Snake River canyon is because 
> he was having to suppress sexual urges a little too much and the psychical 
> energy just has to find another avenue (early Freud).
> 
> 3. The reason Evel Knievel jumped across the Snake River canyon is because 
> his mother took the bottle out of his mouth before he was finished feeding 
> just one too many times (behaviorist's generalization theory - Thorndike).
> 
> 4. The reason Evel Knievel jumped across the Snake River canyon is because 
> there was a significant probability that it will benefit similar copies of his 
> DNA, e.g. the DNA of a passing bird or what have you (kin selection a la 
> E.O. Wilson, The Society for Philosophy and Psychology, etc.).
> 
> 5. The reason Evel Knievel jumped across the Snake River canyon is because 
> was was trying to maximize his sense of self worth..etc... (Phil Roberts, Jr.).
> 
> Notice that it is number five that the man on the street and non-academics  
> like myself regard as making a lot of sense and that the other four are, sadly,
> typical of the sort of contrived nonsense that passes for knowledge in the 
> halls of higher learning.
> 

This is all false. 

-- 
David Longley