[ExI] weirdos

[Robin D Hanson]

That applies far more to psychology than to sociology. Sociologists tend to travel more widely.

On Jul 20, 2016, at 10:13 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net<mailto:spike66 at att.net>> wrote:
Fun article on why everything we think we know on sociology is messed up.  Reason: far too many theories are based on the behavior of Enslish-speaking undergrads, a dataset far from representative of humanity.

https://aeon.co/essays/american-undergrads-are-too-weird-to-stand-for-all-humanity?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ddf0988c9c-Daily_Newsletter_20_July_20167_20_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-ddf0988c9c-68957125

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Future of Humanity Inst., Oxford University
Assoc. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
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