Pascal Boyer Retweeted Nicolas Baumard
Interesting second look at a famous case of cultural transmission supposedly explained by blind conformism, manioc detoxification. Note, however, that this is only about one [over-reported] example, as the authors point out.https://twitter.com/baumard_nicolas/status/1083013466934398976 …
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Nicolas Baumard @baumard_nicolas
"The costly steps required to process the most poisonous manioc make it less bitter; it’s plausible that finer details of processing are driven by subtler taste preferences." No need of blind imitation. Great post (and much needed!) by @hugoreasoning and @OliverWithAnI https://twitter.com/hugoreasoning/status/1083008860460339200 …
1:03 AM - 10 Jan 2019
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