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Psychological Studies Overlook 85 Percent of People on Earth

November 18, 2018December 9, 2018 Daniel Hruschka 0 Comments Epistemology

We can’t make claims about human nature when studies only represent a narrow slice of humanity: mostly college students, middle-class respondents living near universities, and highly educated residents of wealthy, industrialized and democratic nations.

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Economists with Physics Envy Are Harmful

August 2, 2018September 13, 2018 John Rapley 3 Comments Epistemology, Physics

Observing the acclaim physics was having, economists embraced a physical view of human behavior hoping to replicate similar success. However, unlike physics, the social nature of human beings makes any laws of behavior tentative and contextual.