Jared Diamond Drives Some Anthropologists Nuts
"In his new book, ... Diamond questions the practice of psychologists who base their claims about human nature entirely on people from WEIRD - Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic - societies. ... So far, this sounds pretty much like an embrace of the cross-cultural diversity that we anthropologists work to understand, even to celebrate. So what's the backlash all about?" NPR 01/17/13

Posted January 25, 2013 12:50 AM