Sat 10 Jul 2010
Most of us here are W.E.I.R.D
Posted by PJ under culture, science
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Western. Educated. Industrialized. Rich. Democratic.
Most of the people who read my blog are not rich by American or European standards, but compared with the rest of the world, even the poorest of us are not doing bad at all. We in the West are not typical of the globe, although we often think of our culture as mainstream while the rest of the world is about “their culture.”
This is a interesting article from mindhacks.com about this attitude and how often scientists draw global conclusions about human nature based solely on studying the Western version of it. Then again, sometimes the cultural bias swings both ways…
Interesting things to think about.
