Cambridge University Press, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 05(36), p. 482-483
DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x13000034
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AbstractAlthough Van de Vliert presented an entertaining story containing several original observations, an implicit assumption that climate affects human society identically through the history is not realistic. If almost everything is explained by cold winters or hot summers, then nothing is explained. Ignoring rival explanations does not make the proposed theory more convincing.