Random links
- Westerners vs. the World: We are the WEIRD ones
- Science rediscovers that culture matters: "The article, titled "The weirdest people in the world?", appears in the current issue of the journal Brain and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Henrich and co-authors Steven Heine and Ara Norenzayan argue that life-long members of societies that are Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic — people who are WEIRD — see the world in ways that are alien from the rest of the human family."
- Minneapolis will pay $165,000 to zombies
- Not sure if they'll also be paying out to vampires or other such creatures.
- Out of fashion: Green lawns
- I've never quite figured out the "why" for these things. Seems like a waste of time to me. It you want to spend time growing things you might as well concentrate on something other than grass.
- Minimizing marriage
- "To be crude and economics-y, when a man and a woman have a child together, you're asking that they invest a long period of time cooperating in order to bring that child up into adulthood. Right now, with no-fault divorce, you have less contractual protection for the activity of bringing up a child than you have to build a house together. You couldn't get out of a mortgage contract as easily as people get out of their marriages." - a brief excerpt of an interesting interview
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Sarennah
Fri, 2010-09-03 02:28
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Odd news
So you are saying that if I want $165,000 I should dress up like a zombie? Think I'll pass though, thanks!