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GGS has received a lot of criticisms from anthropologists. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnthropology/comments/1rzm07/what_are_some_of_the_main_anthropological/
by kqr2 11y ago
GGS has received a lot of criticisms from anthropologists.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnthropology/comments/1rzm07/what_are_some_of_the_main_anthropological/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnthropology/comments/1rzm07/wha...
Like Malcolm Gladwell, Jared Diamond is very skilled at weaving a narrative that offers "aha" insight, however, it seems to come at the expense of cherry picking facts and events from history.
- ehudla 11y agoSee this too: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/books/2013/02/jared_diamond_the_world_until_yesterday_anthropologists_are_wary_of_lack.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/books/2013/...
- narrator 11y agoJared Diamond is the king of making money off of people's confirmation biases.