Comments on: My Theory of Human Evolution (Fourth of July) http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/07/04/my-theory-of-human-evolution-fourth-of-july/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:26:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/07/04/my-theory-of-human-evolution-fourth-of-july/#comment-188628 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:47:06 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/07/04/my-theory-of-human-evolution-fourth-of-july/#comment-188628 True, not hard to make any more. True, not hard to make any more.

]]> by: Andrew Gelman http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/07/04/my-theory-of-human-evolution-fourth-of-july/#comment-188615 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:12:28 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/07/04/my-theory-of-human-evolution-fourth-of-july/#comment-188615 I love the American flag but I wouldn't call it "hard-to-make stuff" or a product of "artisans at the cutting edge"! I mean, maybe in the Betsy Ross's time, but now??? I love the American flag but I wouldn’t call it “hard-to-make stuff” or a product of “artisans at the cutting edge”! I mean, maybe in the Betsy Ross’s time, but now???

]]> by: mike kenny http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/07/04/my-theory-of-human-evolution-fourth-of-july/#comment-187986 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:27:24 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/07/04/my-theory-of-human-evolution-fourth-of-july/#comment-187986 hm, costume manufacturers would certainly be up a creek if they didn't have halloween, and people talk about hallmark holidays created to sell cards, so that makes intuitive sense. i guess another idea that leaps to mind is that holidays are a time when people are more likely to be focusing on a certain seemingly culturally valuable narratives or sets of ideas. i'm reminded of how muslims have to pray five times a day and have ramadan once a lunar year presumably effectively reminding them of their muslim values. with the fourth of july there's a nice overlap of the commercial ends of holiday's and the end of reminding people of american values, given american free-market friendliness. :) hm, costume manufacturers would certainly be up a creek if they didn’t have halloween, and people talk about hallmark holidays created to sell cards, so that makes intuitive sense.

i guess another idea that leaps to mind is that holidays are a time when people are more likely to be focusing on a certain seemingly culturally valuable narratives or sets of ideas.

i’m reminded of how muslims have to pray five times a day and have ramadan once a lunar year presumably effectively reminding them of their muslim values.

with the fourth of july there’s a nice overlap of the commercial ends of holiday’s and the end of reminding people of american values, given american free-market friendliness. :)

]]> by: Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » My Theory of Human Evolution (directory) http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/07/04/my-theory-of-human-evolution-fourth-of-july/#comment-187915 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:23:40 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/07/04/my-theory-of-human-evolution-fourth-of-july/#comment-187915 [...] Fourth of July (holidays increase demand for finely-made stuff) [...] […] Fourth of July (holidays increase demand for finely-made stuff) […]

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