Environmental determinism remains an embarrassment to many contemporary geographers, and leads to skepticism among many of them of claims of environmental influence on culture (such as the theories of Jared Diamond).
Determinizam okoline ostaje neprilika mnogim savremenim geografima, te vodi ka skepticizmu među mnogim geografima o tvrdnjama uticaja okoline na kulturu (poput teorija Džareda Dajmonda).