Pascal Boyer

@PascalBoyerUSA

Evolutionary Psychology, Cultural evolution... To find out, read Minds Make Societies

Vrijeme pridruživanja: kolovoz 2017.

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    2. velj

    UC Berkley gives precedence to diversity statements in hiring process: A person’s candidacy is terminated if their statement does not reach a set cut-off score. Rather than promoting diversity, this process serves to promote ideological conformity.

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    31. sij

    Another fine example of how general cognitive factors influence cultural evolution - of coins, in this case.

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    31. sij

    For sure super hard for a non-specialist to understand when there are no words available to read

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    29. sij

    Third-party punishment--punishing a wrong-doer who didn't harm you--is a big deal in cooperation lit + economic games work. But when do people ACTUALLY do this in real life? Eric Pedersen, et al.'s cross-cultural recall study suggests: rarely.

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  5. 29. sij

    Finally out (for real this time ) 's book Thorough refutation of common assumption that minds (being badly designed) are ready to believe anything. A must for cult evo and ev psych people. Buy soon!

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    25. sij

    🚨 New preprint with & Nicolas Claidière on rumor diffusion 🚨 We explain why so many rumors (like the ones below) are attributed to a credible friend of a friend. Pre-print: 1/5

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    24. sij

    Subrena Smith recently argued that “evolutionary psychology, as it is currently understood, is…impossible.” Here is my response:

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    23. sij

    Had a great poster session at where I presented our paper on fake news: 🙃

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  9. 24. sij

    What is cultural transmission like in the Internet age? Find the answer(s) in Alberto Acerbi's book . Just got my copy. Great stuff!

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    21. sij

    Fight your biases: support for political violence is *not* higher among conservatives in US. It is higher among liberals. Data from , N=1,513 and r=-.18. DV is 's measure of violent activism. Example of biased argument is here:

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    21. sij

    10 Things About Gullibility You Probably Don't Know. Great piece by Hugo Mercier, author of the forthcoming book Not Born Yesterday. HT

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  12. 17. sij

    Two year post-doc at Aarhus in applying game, strategic models etc to religious behaviour in actual ethnographic contexts, in Ben Purzycki's team, Great opportunity, appl. due soon.

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  13. 16. sij

    Why use divination? Why is it such a great cultural evolution success story? Article with an economic/ strategic model, with comments by various smart people, finally out at . Proofs at

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    10. sij

    A few thoughts on cultural attraction - my blog post

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  15. 10. sij

    ... But, b/c it is collective action, in many places that socialized oppression will (thankfully) unravel ...

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  16. 10. sij

    Hi - this might be relevant... in some places, monitoring and oppression of women as a public good [!] ... 1/2

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    26. lis 2019.

    This is the hardest project I ever did, and the one I'm most proud of. Now that it's out, have been meaning to write a post about the content. It looks at the emergence of unfair conventions and norms across social groups (especially gender). Chapters described below:

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    7. sij

    Hey twitter: Looking for essays on the evolution of patriarchy and/or responses to arguments made in Sapiens. I recall seeing several shared over the past year. Links, please?

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  19. 9. sij

    Yes, David is of course right - the rest of the chapter makes that point as well. All the more reason to buy (or borrow or steal) the book . OK, not steal.

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  20. 8. sij

    ... and another one: One obstacle to understanding human minds is that we anthropomorphize humans. See why that is bad in and the rest of the book

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