Daily Data Dump - Wednesday

Psychological Research Conducted in 'WEIRD' Nations May Not Apply to Global Populations. This is the standard objection to psychological studies in terms of the representativeness of their samples; middle class university students. But more broadly they're Western middle class university students. The grandmother factor: Why do only humans and whales live long past menopause? Interestingly the data and model here imply that the importance of disproportionate maternal grandmothers (this is empirically attested in even notionally patriarchal societies) may have something to do with patrilocality. Ghana's unique African-Hindu temple. In some ways this seems to replicate the non-congregational model found in India, whereby locals seem to be patronizing the temple for its "services" is a non-exclusive fashion. The Myth of the Fat Burning Zone. This is in the "news your can use" category. Why won’t those &$*%#@ bloggers go away? Scott Sumner's response to a criticism of the "econosphere" from a ...