What is WEIRD with Joseph Henrich

[@DHMotion]

I had first run into this concept in Johnathan Haidts The Righteous Mind used to discribe the differences is moral structures across cultures. Cool to see the man who coined it.

[@persona2]

Me too! Damn good book that changed my worldview.

[@2010COpall]

I am a human being. Everything else about me is an extension of being human.

[@danpan6239]

Thought this was gonna be an actual dissection of the word weird

[@adamromero]

same

[@Avenzrk]

yeah that's a terrible acronym

[@JonathanNation]

Dyslexics often have a relational view of the world too, especially those with strong interconnected reasoning skills.

[@enzowilson345]

His book is great.

[@TheMemesofDestruction]

Present

[@LetsGo6009]

Anyone else found it distracting that hes looking up and off the side the whole time?

[@jesuschristsupersta1]

I think he might be on the spectrum. He doesn't make as much eye contact on conversations. I have cousins who do this. Although they're not that bright, this guy sounds like he knows his material forwards and backwards, sounds like a genius

[@galndixie]

Ever thought he might have notes or references he might be looking at? Lots of speakers do that. And most people do move their eyes when in conversation, it's not a staring constest.

[@jesuschristsupersta1]

@@galndixie I don't know to explain it unless you've actually known someone who does it. Pretty sure it's not notes, seen him do it plenty, including conversations without notes. I mean maybe he's just reciting from memory, I could be wrong. Either way it's not intended as an insult so chill

[@drts6955]

Weird is giving a softball interview to a conman and liar like Michael Shellenberger and thereby destroying your credibility

[@peterhardie4151]

I think everyone has blindspots. No need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Just watch with critical thinking, I do agree Shellenberger isn't credible.

[@2010COpall]

I never heard of Shellenberger until this podcast segment and in this podcast segment he seemed rational and well spoken. Give me some background. What makes Shellenberger a con man and liar?

[@drts6955]

@@2010COpall Basically he just misrepresents facts in an incredibly egregious way that is hard not to believe is intentional. I know quite a lot about the Amazon and land use there and some of the things he was saying just made no sense (and he apparently lived there). This review fleshed out a lot of what I suspected: yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/07/review-bad-science-and-bad-arguments-abound-in-apocalypse-never/

[@drts6955]

@@peterhardie4151 Yeah but it came after Dan Crenshaw basically making the same arguments. It's not I'd never listen to him and I don't fully "trust" any political commentator to be always right. If he has an interview with someone who debunks these type of lying Prager U types I'd change my mind. But it does say a lot that he seemed to swallow what Shellenberger was saying without a peep