When forums such as these become inundated with people who are, or have been emotionally distraught, and use evolutionary psychology to understand their innermost being.
For many reasons I think such a scenario is likely to happen. I think there is increased professionalization in society, such that people more and more rely on "scientific" psychology rather then on common humanity, to understand and deal with their problems. I read on CNN that about 25 percent of US teenagers have been suicidal over the past year, which I only mention to illustrate the fragility of people in general. It's not the case that this fragility is limited to a small group of people I think. Evolutionary psychology has received some skeptical reception, but I think that skepticism will diminish, because I think now many pscyhologists and biologists especially become psychologists and biologists just because of evolutionary psychology. I also think that these evolutionary psychologists and associate biologists will be much more vocal/enthusiastic then the other psychologists and biologists, since it is much a religious belief. The skepticism will then be sounded out.
Also, evolutionary psychology should have a positive effect on the patient in the short run, which would make it look attractive. Partly because of the enthusiasm of it's promoters, but mainly because I think that the use of evolutionary psychology will have a "drug effect" similar to that of some practices in Scientology. I believe, it has a stimulating "drug effect" to rationalize all emotions in terms of one word or principle, which in Scientology is the word "survival" and in evolutionary psychology might be something similar.
So in short I think evolutionary psychology is likely to become popular. So what will evolutionists and creationists do, in the event that it is popular.
regards,
Mohammad Nor Syamsu
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