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Why Americans are the Weirdest People in the World
tl;dr
A graduate anthropology student sets out to confirm "humans all share the same cognitive machinery—the same evolved rational and psychological hardwiring."
He uses prisoner's dilemma test on an indigenous population near Machu Picchu. His results were vastly different from previous studies.
He continued his research across the globe and he finds:
- Almost all cognitive research tests is performed on people from Westernised societies. And of all the western societies represented, the overwhelming majority came from America.
- Americans are outliers with relation to most cognitive research, even when compared to other western societies.
- Our culture directly effects our rational and psychological hardwiring.
- pappyo 13y agotl;dr A graduate anthropology student sets out to confirm "humans all share the same cognitive machinery—the same evolved rational and psychological hardwiring." He uses prisoner's dilemma test on an indigenous population near Machu Picchu. His results were vastly different from previous studies. He continued his research across the globe and he finds: - Almost all cognitive research tests is performed on people from Westernised societies. And of all the western societies represented, the overwhelming majority came from America. - Americans are outliers with relation to most cognitive research, even when compared to other western societies. - Our culture directly effects our rational and psychological hardwiring.