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Link salad
Sep. 20th, 2013 06:55 amA cornucopia of links.
First, We Aren’t the World, which is about the fact that recent anthropological research shows that people in different cultures often respond to psychological tests like ultimatum games very differently than the Americans from whom many psychology researchers have drawn their samples and their conclusions about human nature.
Researchers had been doing the equivalent of studying penguins while believing that they were learning insights applicable to all birds.
Or, as my government professor used to say, “Studying the US system to learn about government is like studying platypi to learn about mammals.”
Super interesting!
On a less high-minded note,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sineala sent me this article: Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman Probably Had Sex Once, which, well, what it says on the tin. I share this because the article is hilarious - ”This is a gift. You do realize that, don’t you? History has reached out to you specifically and given you a gift.” - and also because I feel that someone (someone else, someone who cares about Wilde or Whitman) should totally make this story happen.
In fact, someone already nominated Wilde and Whitman for Yuletide! So there is a golden opportunity right there.
And finally, a how-to for Kirsten braids. Yes! At last I can emulate Kirsten Larsen, the American girl with the most iconic hairstyle.
I am thinking of saving this for a St. Lucia Day party in December. I can make saffron buns! I can figure out a way to put a wreath of candles on my head! Or at least a wreath of holly! I have yearned for this day since I was seven.
First, We Aren’t the World, which is about the fact that recent anthropological research shows that people in different cultures often respond to psychological tests like ultimatum games very differently than the Americans from whom many psychology researchers have drawn their samples and their conclusions about human nature.
Researchers had been doing the equivalent of studying penguins while believing that they were learning insights applicable to all birds.
Or, as my government professor used to say, “Studying the US system to learn about government is like studying platypi to learn about mammals.”
Super interesting!
On a less high-minded note,
sineala sent me this article: Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman Probably Had Sex Once, which, well, what it says on the tin. I share this because the article is hilarious - ”This is a gift. You do realize that, don’t you? History has reached out to you specifically and given you a gift.” - and also because I feel that someone (someone else, someone who cares about Wilde or Whitman) should totally make this story happen. In fact, someone already nominated Wilde and Whitman for Yuletide! So there is a golden opportunity right there.
And finally, a how-to for Kirsten braids. Yes! At last I can emulate Kirsten Larsen, the American girl with the most iconic hairstyle.
I am thinking of saving this for a St. Lucia Day party in December. I can make saffron buns! I can figure out a way to put a wreath of candles on my head! Or at least a wreath of holly! I have yearned for this day since I was seven.
