Science
‘Wild West’ mentality lingers in modern populations of US mountain regions – EurekAlert
Scientists looked at links between the personality profiles of over 3.3m US residents and the ”topography” of 37,227 ZIP codes.
Distinct psychological mix associated with mountain populations is consistent with theory that harsh frontiers attracted cert…
When historian Frederick Jackson Turner presented his famous thesis on the US frontier in 1893, he described the “coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and acquisitiveness” it had forged in the American character.
Now, well into the 21st century, researchers led by the University of Cambridge have detected remnants of the pioneer personality in US populations of once inhospitable mountainous territory, particularly in the Midwest.
A team of scientists algorithmically investigated how…
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