Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedBryan Caplan: belief
9 May 2018 Conversations with Tyler Bryan Caplan on Learning across Disciplines (Live at Mason Econ)
“In terms of other things that seem changed, just the much greater availability of entertainment — this is something that I think has replaced a lot of things that people were doing in earlier periods.”
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- Bryan Caplan
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- 9 May 2018
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…I was teasing about that. Yeah. Much prefer multicausal theory or polycausal theories to what’s going on. I would say in terms of why modern culture has changed these ways, the story of just people are richer, and that makes a big difference. I think there’s a lot to that. Just the way that people are much more freaked out about taking chances with their lives — that seems to me to be a big part of being in a rich society where you just have a lot to lose. Also, you can live comfortably without risking your life. Just being a richer society, I think that matters a lot. In terms of other things that seem changed, just the much greater availability of entertainment — this is something that I think has replaced a lot of things that people were doing in earlier periods. I think the wide availability of entertainment probably explains a lot of religious decline. And it beats the influence of parents in some ways.…
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