Episode 285: On Culture and Agriculture
Very Bad Wizards28 Touko 2024

Episode 285: On Culture and Agriculture

It's an old-school episode as David and Tamler dive into some intriguing research on the origins of cultural differences. Two neighboring communities in communist China were assigned to be wheat farmers and rice farmers. Seventy years later, the people in the rice farming communities showed signs of being more collectivist, relational, and holistic than the people in the wheat farming communities. Plus, we have some questions about a new study on censorship and self-censorship among social psychologists.

Links:

Clark CJ, Fjeldmark M, Lu L, Baumeister RF, Ceci S, Frey K, Miller G, Reilly W, Tice D, von Hippel W, Williams WM, Winegard BM, Tetlock PE. (2024) Taboos and Self-Censorship Among U.S. Psychology Professors. Perspectives on Psychological Science [pubmed]

A fascinating theory about the cultural influence of rice farming now has evidence of causality by Eric Dolan [psypost.org]

Talhelm, T., & Dong, X. (2024). People quasi-randomly assigned to farm rice are more collectivistic than people assigned to farm wheat. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1782.[nature.com]

Talhelm, T., Zhang, X., Oishi, S., Shimin, C., Duan, D., Lan, X., & Kitayama, S. (2014). Large-scale psychological differences within China explained by rice versus wheat agriculture. Science, 344(6184), 603-608. [science.org]

Jaksot(334)

Episode 188: Conceptual Mummies (Nietzsche's "Twilight of the Idols")

Episode 188: Conceptual Mummies (Nietzsche's "Twilight of the Idols")

Socrates was ugly and tired of life, so he made a tyrant of reason. Philosophers are mummies who hate the body and the senses. Reason is a tricky old woman. Morality is a misunderstanding. Kant is a s...

12 Touko 20201h 42min

Episode 187: More Zither

Episode 187: More Zither

With a global pandemic and a collapsing economy upon us, it's time to ask ourselves some tough questions. Sex robots or platonic love robots - what are you more excited for? If you walked in on your p...

21 Huhti 20201h 40min

Episode 186: The One with Peter Singer

Episode 186: The One with Peter Singer

The legendary Peter Singer joins us to talk about effective altruism, AI, animal welfare, esoteric morality, future Tuesday indifference, and more. I mean, it's Peter freakin' Singer - what more do we...

7 Huhti 20201h 29min

Episode 185: The Devil's Playground

Episode 185: The Devil's Playground

David and Tamler begin by talking about the question on everyone's mind right now – are we obligated to be pansexual? Then, since many of us have more free time on our hands these days, we thought it ...

24 Maalis 20201h 25min

Bonus Episode: Top 5 Deadwood Characters

Bonus Episode: Top 5 Deadwood Characters

Here's something that might help with the Coronavirus blues: we're releasing our latest Patreon bonus episode for everyone. In this (unedited) episode, Tamler and David talk about their Top 5 Deadwood...

17 Maalis 20201h 26min

Episode 184: Tainted Glove

Episode 184: Tainted Glove

David and Tamler start off talking about the infamous Richard Dawkins eugenics tweet. What does it mean for eugenics to "work"? And given the sensitive nature and horrific history of eugenics, is it w...

10 Maalis 20201h 25min

Episode 183: Accept the Mystery (with Paul Bloom)

Episode 183: Accept the Mystery (with Paul Bloom)

VBW favorite Paul Bloom takes a short break from his Sam Harris duties to help us break down the Coen Brothers' ode to uncertainty, A Serious Man. Does inaction have consequences? Can you understand t...

25 Helmi 20201h 39min

Episode 182: The Paper That Launched a Thousand Twitter Wars (With Yoel Inbar)

Episode 182: The Paper That Launched a Thousand Twitter Wars (With Yoel Inbar)

Podcasting legend Yoel Inbar (from Two Psychologists Four Beers) joins us to break down Tal Yarkoni's "The Generalizability Crisis," the paper that launched a thousand Twitter wars. Psychologists make...

11 Helmi 20201h 58min

Suosittua kategoriassa Yhteiskunta

olipa-kerran-otsikko
i-dont-like-mondays
sita
kaksi-aitia
siita-on-vaikea-puhua
gogin-ja-janin-maailmanhistoria
uutiscast
poks
antin-palautepalvelu
kolme-kaannekohtaa
rss-nikotellen
mamma-mia
yopuolen-tarinoita-2
aikalisa
rss-murhan-anatomia
rss-haudattu
meidan-pitais-puhua
rss-palmujen-varjoissa
taskula-trishin
isani-on-terapeuttiville