Leda Cosmides

Leda Cosmides is an American Psychologist who has helped develop the field of evolutionary psychology alongside her husband, anthropologist John Tooby. I had the great privilege and pleasure of having her as one of my professors at UCSB, which had a tremendous influence on how I think about human nature. The most important lesson from her class was that if you want to make the world a better place for people you must correctly identify how humans act in the world and why.