KPier comments on Interlude for Behavioral Economics - Less Wrong

49 Post author: Yvain 06 July 2012 08:12PM

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Comment author: ScottMessick 06 July 2012 08:34:16PM 6 points [-]

But this elegant simplicity was, like so many other things, ruined by the Machiguenga Indians of eastern Peru.

Wait, is this a joke, or have the Machiguenga really provided counterexamples to lots of social science hypotheses?

Comment author: KPier 07 July 2012 04:14:18AM 3 points [-]

He also says:

As in so many other areas, our most important information comes from reality television.

I'm guessing both are a joke.

Comment author: knb 08 July 2012 04:24:06AM 1 point [-]

Yeah, I also took it as a joke.