web01.fireside.fm Fri, 01 May 2026 18:14:48 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Two Psychologists Four Beers - Episodes Tagged with “Anthropology” https://www.fourbeers.com/tags/anthropology Wed, 23 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0400 Two psychologists endeavor to drink four beers while discussing news and controversies in science, academia, and beyond. en-us episodic Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Two psychologists endeavor to drink four beers while discussing news and controversies in science, academia, and beyond. yes psychology, beer, academia, science, controversy Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett fourbeerspod@gmail.com Episode 54: Being WEIRD (with Joe Henrich) https://www.fourbeers.com/54 16341ccd-3fd6-42d8-b4f1-570e1eb2b762 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0400 Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett 54 Being WEIRD (with Joe Henrich) full Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Yoel and Mickey host Harvard University polymath Joe Henrich on the podcast to talk about his new book on why the west has become so prosperous, the secret of human's success, and the cognitive science of religion. 1:28:22 yes Yoel and Mickey interview one of the most influential social scientists of our generation, Harvard University's Joe Henrich. Why are people from the West so peculiar, so different from other people the world over? What led the West to be particularly prosperous? If not intelligence, what marks humans as so special? What are the various approaches to the evolutionary study of human behaviour? Does psychology suffer from a theory crisis? Has religion been a net plus to the survival of human groups? Bonus: Who is lazier, psychologists or economists? Special Guest: Joe Henrich. anthropology, economics, evolution, culture, religion, theory crisis, WEIRD people problem Yoel and Mickey interview one of the most influential social scientists of our generation, Harvard University's Joe Henrich. Why are people from the West so peculiar, so different from other people the world over? What led the West to be particularly prosperous? If not intelligence, what marks humans as so special? What are the various approaches to the evolutionary study of human behaviour? Does psychology suffer from a theory crisis? Has religion been a net plus to the survival of human groups?

Bonus: Who is lazier, psychologists or economists?

Special Guest: Joe Henrich.

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Bonus: Who is lazier, psychologists or economists?

Special Guest: Joe Henrich.

Sponsored By:

Links:

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