acroyear | Evolution: description of process, not model for behaviour

bioephemera : Taking Darwin's name in vain:

Evolutionary theory has powerfully influenced our conceptualization of human behavior in fields like sociobiology, neurobiology, psychology, and economics. On the other hand, while it provides an explanatory framework for how we got to be the way we are, can it really offer a template for a better future? Evolutionary processes sometimes favor developments that most people would agree are bad. For example, evolution has given Homo sapiens the unique ability to radically change our environment - so radically that the globe is now heating up and our fellow species are dying off. I don't know if evolution has a problem with that outcome, but I sure do.