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Nesse</h1><h2 class="author_subtitle">Author of <a href="/work/139688" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" target="_top" class="" >Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine</a></h2></div><div class="pagecard_messages"><div class="lt_scoreboard "><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-book" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 7+ Works</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-user" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 589 Members</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-feather-alt" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 5 Reviews</span></div></div></div></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_about_author" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_eda8" data-caret-id="tdc_u_eda8" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_4acd" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("about_author", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="about_author" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_eda8" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>About the Author</h2><span id="tdh_u_4acd" ><a name="about_author"></a><div class="author_aka tinytext"><p class="alsoknownas">Includes the names: <span id="u_60ba2b91" class="lt_itemlist"><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/rnessi&norefer=2">Nessi R.</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/nesserandolph&norefer=2">Randolph Nesse</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/nessemdrandolphm&norefer=2">Randolph M. Nesse</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/randolphmnesse&norefer=2">Randolph M. Nesse</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/mdrandolphmnesse&norefer=2">Randolph M. Nesse MD</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/nesserandolphmmd&norefer=2">Randolph M. Nesse, M.D.</a></span></span></p></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_mainworks" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_9c74" data-caret-id="tdc_u_9c74" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_650a" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("mainworks", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="mainworks" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_9c74" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Works by Randolph M. 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brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/139688" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/139688" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" class="" >Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine</a> by <a href="/author/nesserandolphm">Randolph M. Nesse</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_fe5c8077" >A really excellent, if slightly outdated, resource on the Darwinistic underpinings of our responses to disease. By far the best part of the book was the table categorizing disease responses (protective v. quirks v. secondary purpose). The book may have been made slightly stronger if it stuck more strictly to the topic of disease; however, as an introduction to the rigorous scientific ideas behind Darwinism, it was made richer by the discussions of pregnancy, foodstuffs, kin altruism and <u class="showmore_hide">selfish gene phenomena. Thoroughly enjoyable, although not much new for the already versed reader.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_fe5c8077');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_9b80fb47" title="4 Stars" aria-title="4 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="8" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="7" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_246851832" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_246851832"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_246851832" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_246851832" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_246851832" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_246851832"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/settingshadow" target="_top">settingshadow</a> | <a href="/work/139688/reviews" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" class="" >4 other reviews</a> | Aug 19, 2023 | <a href="/review/246851832"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_180457672" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/139688" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/139688" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" class="" >Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine</a> by <a href="/author/nesserandolphm">Randolph M. Nesse</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_9ec85672" >This is a well written book that takes a look at why people get sick from an evolutionary perspective. This book is easy enough to understand without requiring a medical/biology degree, but not so simplified that it assumes the readers are have the attention span of a gnat and the intelligence of an amoeba. This is a meat and potatoes type of book compared to the bowl full of lettuce books that seem to be common in the popular science genre these days.<br><br>I do however wish the authors <u class="showmore_hide">would update this book to include any additional information discovered/hypothesized in the last 20 years, but what they cover is still relevant and very interesting.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_9ec85672');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_4c551532" title="5 Stars" aria-title="5 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="10" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="9" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_180457672" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_180457672"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_180457672" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_180457672" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_180457672" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_180457672"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/ElentarriLT" target="_top">ElentarriLT</a> | <a href="/work/139688/reviews" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" class="" >4 other reviews</a> | Mar 24, 2020 | <a href="/review/180457672"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_92074397" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/139688" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/139688" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" class="" >Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine</a> by <a href="/author/nesserandolphm">Randolph M. Nesse</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_c3e2c43d" >Excellent introduction to Darwinian medicine, with good examples of how an evolutionary perspective adds to our understanding of the origins of disease. While medicine usually focus on the "proximate causes" of disease (such as viral or bacterial agents, or inflammatory processes), we can learn much from also examining the "ultimate" or evolution-derived causes, which would include our genetic inheritance formed by mutation and natural selection, and especially by mismatches between our <u class="showmore_hide">current resource-rich environments and the "environment of evolutionary adaptation" of our paleolithic ancestors.<br><br>Note that while the Kindle edition is (c) 2012, the book was published in 1996 and has not been revised.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_c3e2c43d');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_24def36e" title="5 Stars" aria-title="5 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="10" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="9" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_92074397" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_92074397"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_92074397" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_92074397" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_92074397" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_92074397"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/bodhisattva" target="_top">bodhisattva</a> | <a href="/work/139688/reviews" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" class="" >4 other reviews</a> | Dec 3, 2012 | <a href="/review/92074397"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_46750104" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/139688" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0679746749.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/139688" data-workid="139688" data-title="Why-We-Get-Sick-The-New-Science-of-Darwinian-Medicine" class="" >Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine</a> by <a href="/author/nesserandolphm">Randolph M. 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