Alan S. Miller (3) (–2003)
Auteur de Why beautiful people have more daughters
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A propos de l'auteur
Alan S. Miller was professor of social psychology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Hokkaido University, Japan, and affiliate associate professor of sociology at the University of Washington.
Œuvres de Alan S. Miller
Order by Accident: The Origins and Consequences of Conformity in Contemporary Japan (2000) 5 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1959 or 1960 (died at 44)
- Date de décès
- 2003-01-17
- Sexe
- male
- Études
- University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
University of Washington (PhD) - Professions
- professor (social psychology)
- Organisations
- Florida State University
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
University of Washington
Hokkaido University
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 3
- Membres
- 285
- Popularité
- #81,815
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 29
The book poses lots of interesting questions, but the book's flaw is that the answer to all of them boils down to the same thing : Sex.
Take for example this passage
"All men (criminal or not) are more or less the same. The ultimate reason why men do what they do-- whether they be criminals, musicians, painters, writers, or scientists-- is to impress women so they will sleep with them. Men do everything they do in order to get laid."
Now, being male I'll accept that sex is a powerful motivator. But the only one ? Sorry, but I just can't buy that.
And I realize this is a book written for lay people and not for scientists. But what kind of self respecting scientist would write a paragraph of such utter drivel ?… (plus d'informations)