Laboratory of Political Theory, University of Paris 8, 93526 Saint Denis,
Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity; Paris Descartes University, 75004 Paris,
Behav Brain Sci. 2019 Nov 20;42:e190. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19000219.
Baumard suggests that the advent, through phenotypic plasticity mechanisms, of future-oriented preferences and creative mindsets in eighteenth-century Great Britain explains the wave of innovations that drove the British Industrial Revolution. We argue that, although this approach is promising, Baumard's model would benefit from being supplemented by demographic, economic, and sociological explanations independent of Life History Theory (LHT).
鲍马德认为，通过表型可塑性机制，未来导向的偏好和创造性思维在 18 世纪的英国出现，这解释了推动英国工业革命的创新浪潮。我们认为，尽管这种方法很有前途，但鲍马德的模型如果能得到人口统计学、经济学和社会学的解释，而不依赖于生命史理论（LHT），将会受益。
