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Dylan Evans is the founder of Projection Point, the global leader in risk intelligence solutions. He has written several popular science books, including Risk Intelligence: How to Live with Uncertainty (2012), Emotion: The Science of Sentiment (2001) and Placebo: The Belief Effect (2003), and in 2001 he was voted one of the twenty best young writers in Britain by the Independent on Sunday. He received a PhD in Philosophy from the London School of Economics in 2000, and has held academic appointments at King's College London, the University of Bath, the University of the West of England, and University College Cork, and the American University of Beirut. ...more

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Dylan Evans I started writing the book in October 2007, but only managed to write about 10,000 words before I put it to one side. Over the following years, my fri…moreI started writing the book in October 2007, but only managed to write about 10,000 words before I put it to one side. Over the following years, my friends would occasionally ask me if I had written the book yet. And I would tell them that I had put it on the back burner for now, and that I would return to it in due course. But as time went on, I became less and less convinced that I would ever finish it, and the whole project faded away ever more indistinctly into the background of my new life.

It never went away completely though. At the back of my mind it continued to niggle at me, and I knew I would never really achieve peace of mind until I had finished the book. And then, in Spring 2013, more than five years after leaving the Experiment, I realized I felt ready. I dusted off the first draft, and went back to work. I finished writing the book in March 2014.(less)

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Dylan Evans I haven't suffered from writer's block since 1993. When I did suffer from it back then, I went into psychoanalysis. Whether the treatment was responsi…moreI haven't suffered from writer's block since 1993. When I did suffer from it back then, I went into psychoanalysis. Whether the treatment was responsible, or it was just a coincidence, my writer's block disappeared, and it has never come back since.(less)

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	Introducing Evolutionary Psychology by Dylan Evans (Goodreads Author), Oscar Zárate (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 1,084 ratings — published 1999 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Utopia Experiment 3.42 avg rating — 868 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emotion: A Very Short Introduction 3.64 avg rating — 600 ratings — published 2001 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introducing Evolution: A Graphic Guide by Dylan Evans (Goodreads Author), Howard Selina (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 1997 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Risk Intelligence: How to Live with Uncertainty 3.71 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis 4.08 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1996 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Placebo: Mind over Matter in Modern Medicine 3.72 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atheism: All That Matters 3.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emotion, Evolution and Rationality by Dylan Evans (Goodreads Author) (editor), Pierre Cruse (Editor) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evolutionäre Psychologie: Ein Sachcomic really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux has shown that the same neural mechanisms mediate the fear response in all sorts of animals, from pigeons and rats to cats and humans. The idea that other animals experience similar emotions to us is not anthropomorphism: it is based on sound scientific evidence.”
― Dylan Evans, A brief introduction to emotions

tags: animals, anthropomorphism, emotion, fear, psychology

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“The brain is just the physical machine that runs the program called the mind. The brain is the hardware, the mind is the software.”
― Dylan Evans, Introducing Evolutionary Psychology: A Graphic Guide

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“Why do these experiments usually fail, and fail so quickly? Why do utopias so often turn into dystopias?”
― Dylan Evans, The Utopia Experiment

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