{"id":11597,"date":"2010-03-19T07:57:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T14:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=11597"},"modified":"2010-06-26T07:58:16","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T14:58:16","slug":"noble-savages-not-so-noble-there-are-all-these-aspects-to-our-lives-that-just-seem-to-work-because-we-are-not-actually-baboons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/11597\/noble-savages-not-so-noble-there-are-all-these-aspects-to-our-lives-that-just-seem-to-work-because-we-are-not-actually-baboons\/","title":{"rendered":"Noble savages not so noble? “There are all these aspects to our lives that just seem to work, because we are not actually baboons.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have been cursed, as a civilization, because so much of the social sciences side of the university quadrangle has for so long been in the thrall of Marxism. It has been difficult for intellectuals to see the world for what it is, so avidly have they sought to portray it as the product of their preconceptions. Nothing changes quickly, but it is nice to see academics actually testing their theories in reality, rather than just blathering on out of prejudice.<\/p>\n

Why am I in such a celebratory mood? Anthropologists in Canada have discovered that the so-called “noble savage” is quite a bit less than noble, while the much maligned greedy capitalists of the West are in fact kinder, gentler, more trusting people. This is the sort of thing that should be obvious to anyone with eyes, but it takes an effort, apparently, to get a social scientist to take note of the territory instead of insisting on the sacred validity of the truth presented by the map.<\/p>\n

From Canada’s National Post:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Free-enterprising, impersonal markets may seem cutthroat and mean-spirited, but a provocative new study says markets have been a force for good over the last 10,000 years, helping to drive the evolution of more trusting and co-operative societies.<\/p>\n

“We live in a much kinder, gentler world than most humans have lived in,” says anthropologist Joe Henrich of the University of British Columbia, lead author of the study that helps topple long-held stereotypes.<\/p>\n

The finding, reported in the journal Science, suggests people trust and play fair with strangers because markets and religion — not some deep psychological instinct inherited from our dim tribal past — have helped shape our neural circuitry over the eons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More:<\/p>\n

The study found that the likelihood that people “played fair” with strangers increased with the degree people were integrated into markets and participated in a world religion. Participants in the larger-scale societies were also more likely to punish players who did not play fair.<\/p>\n

The hunter-gatherer and tribal societies studied are known for sharing among family and close acquaintances. But the researchers found fair play in monetary transactions with strangers was almost an alien Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have been cursed, as a civilization, because so much of the social sciences side of the university quadrangle has for so long been in the thrall of Marxism. 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