Our theory of mind system explains behavior with teleological concepts: desires, purposes, strategies, goal-seeking, and intentions. When the topic is human behavior, it is difficult to not think this way.

Frequently in the past (and occasionally now), you hear evolutionary social scientists explain cultural beliefs or practices by saying that they maximize inclusive fitness. As Symons' (1992, p. 146) put it, they “seek to construct a psychologically agnostic science of human behavior based on