The article isn’t written by multiple people but by one person called Ethan Watters who reports about the scientific work of Joe Henrich and his collegues to a nonscientific audience.
As a result there are multiple different groups you could mean with “they”.
I think I’m concerned that by not providing any explanations
Explanations aren’t what science is about. Science is about having a theory and using it to make predictions. Then you see whether those predictions are accurately describing reality.
this article jumps into @Villiam_Bur’s post’s category #4. Other cultures are so different!
I don’t think there anything wrong with making that argument. The orginial WEIRD peer reviwed paper makes that point with data.
They make these totally alien decisions with this game!
It’s not about whether the decision violates “common sense” and is alien. It’s about whether it violates theoretic models that were developed in academia.
The article isn’t written by multiple people but by one person called Ethan Watters who reports about the scientific work of Joe Henrich and his collegues to a nonscientific audience.
As a result there are multiple different groups you could mean with “they”.
Explanations aren’t what science is about. Science is about having a theory and using it to make predictions. Then you see whether those predictions are accurately describing reality.
I don’t think there anything wrong with making that argument. The orginial WEIRD peer reviwed paper makes that point with data.
It’s not about whether the decision violates “common sense” and is alien. It’s about whether it violates theoretic models that were developed in academia.