The Constraints of Memory

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BNS: I think it's harder to build a case that we're focusing on oddities. We've learned such a great deal about just take memory, for example, by studying the most limited of samples. It used to be thought by many that memory is like a photograph. And all you need is the right tools to access those memories and they'll be there. BNS: A lot of cognitive psychology is safe because they're finding the same memory systems in many different species.

Joe Henrich joins the podcast to tell us that we know nothing about his work and that how we got to teach a class in anything is absolutely amazing. We continue our discussion from Episode 17 about his critique of the social and behavioral sciences in "The Weirdest People in the World" and his work in small scale societies on fairness norms. We also talk about the weird American obsession with happiness, monkeys throwing cucumbers, and why some people reject "hyper-fair" offers of more than the half the pot in the ultimatum games.

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