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I would like to take a moment to remind everyone that this article refers primarily to non-poor white men in the OECD, and that most people are not WEIRD: http

by scythe 13y ago

I would like to take a moment to remind everyone that this article refers primarily to non-poor white men in the OECD, and that most people are not WEIRD: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/jvt002/brainmind/readings/henrich_2010.pdf http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/jvt002/brainmind/readings/h... In particular attempting to draw conclusions about innate (genetic) behavior from this skewed sample is highly subject to confounding.

aestra 13y ago
>In particular attempting to draw conclusions about innate (genetic) behavior from this skewed sample is highly subject to confounding. Was the author trying to do that? It didn't read like that to me at all. He tried to explain some cultural trends that contribute, etc.