Kidding. One, who cares. Two, he's 15% of our user base and we need the stats to pump up the valuation before tyde's eventual buyout. Three, I'm enjoying his outbursts (kid is so passionate about his creepy online stalking).
When he began to run the game it became immediately clear that Machiguengan behavior was dramatically different from that of the average North American. To begin with, the offers from the first player were much lower. In addition, when on the receiving end of the game, the Machiguenga rarely refused even the lowest possible amount. “It just seemed ridiculous to the Machiguenga that you would reject an offer of free money,” says Henrich. “They just didn’t understand why anyone would sacrifice money to punish someone who had the good luck of getting to play the other role in the game.”
Classic. What's missing? The religious insanity. Vindictiveness. Vengeance. Hurting yourself for PAYBACK.
Why?
Cause FUCK THEM ahhAHAHAHAHH.
Maniacal lunatics.
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What other certainties about “human nature” in social science research would need to be reconsidered when tested across diverse populations?
Oh. All of them.
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One of the classics of the literature, the Müller-Lyer illusion, showed that where you grew up would determine to what degree you would fall prey to the illusion that these two lines are different in length:
Researchers found that Americans perceive the line with the ends feathered outward (B) as being longer than the line with the arrow tips (A). San foragers of the Kalahari, on the other hand, were more likely to see the lines as they are: equal in length. Subjects from more than a dozen cultures were tested, and Americans were at the far end of the distribution—seeing the illusion more dramatically than all others.
Amazing.
Was good article. Next goal for Humanity is removing mothers from the equation.
On a more positive note, the girl in my avatar is hassling me to go to her city to meet her. I'm not playing hard to get, but two-three hours on the road each way. 6 hrs would be fine, I'd Ambien it. I can't read in cars without vomiting. 2-3 hrs is fucked.
Not that positive a note, now that I think about it. FML
ATTENTION SKYNIGGER.
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