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Cithryth · 4317 days ago · link · · parent · post: Anthropologist Wade Davis criticizes the "shallowness" of Jared Diamond's anthropology in a review of his new book.
Why, would you say, does anthropology need popularizing?
theadvancedapes · 4317 days ago · link ·
What good is our research when nobody has any clue what we do or what we discover about our species? Great biology research is popularized. Great astronomy research gets popularized. Great physics research gets popularized. etc. Anthropology is a subject that teaches us about what it means to be human. People should know and understand what our subject has to offer. And the best minds in our subject should be communicating that knowledge to the public, instead of continually barricading themselves within ivory towers and periodically criticizing well-meaning intellectuals like Jared Diamond that are trying to teach the world about human development.