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Read more about the article Race, intelligence, and inequality in Brazil

Race, intelligence, and inequality in Brazil

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:7. May 2026
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Sociology

Many years ago I discovered that Brazil publishes the subject level data for many scale testing efforts. These also come with rich surveys concerning the children's homes. The main tests…

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Read more about the article Race and social inequality in France

Race and social inequality in France

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:5. May 2026
  • Post category:Demographics/Economics/Immigration

France is the 4th most populous country in Europe these days (it used to be number 1 before it had early secularization). It is also quite insular when it comes…

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Read more about the article Genetic evidence of Ashkenazi intelligence

Genetic evidence of Ashkenazi intelligence

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:29. April 2026
  • Post category:Genomics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

There are long standing questions about the source of Jewish achievement. Most of this achievement relates to the Ashkenazi subgroup, less so the other Jews. This tells us that the…

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Read more about the article Explaining economic growth since 2000

Explaining economic growth since 2000

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. April 2026
  • Post category:Economics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Some days ago I posted some cumulative growth charts for OECD countries, like this one: These results are somewhat affected by the usual GDP issues relating to tax haven (Ireland…

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Read more about the article Free speech for thee but not for me

Free speech for thee but not for me

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:27. April 2026
  • Post category:Freedom of speech/expression/Law

Most countries have severe limitations on free speech. Historically, freer speech was a characteristic of western countries, but not so much anymore, with the exception of the United States. And…

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Read more about the article Leftism, mental health, and visual presentation confirmed

Leftism, mental health, and visual presentation confirmed

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:20. April 2026
  • Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics

So we did another study of leftism, mental health and visual presentation: Hu, M.,& Kirkegaard, E. O. W.(2026). Left-wing ideology, mental health and body modifications. Journal of Open Inquiry in…

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Read more about the article Migration and feelings of safety in Denmark

Migration and feelings of safety in Denmark

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. April 2026
  • Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics/Immigration

A politician from the Social Democrats called Frederik Vad (center-left government party) posted results of a survey about how safe citizens report feeling in various areas of the country. There…

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Read more about the article The structure of Substack

The structure of Substack

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:17. April 2026
  • Post category:Meta/Personal

So Substack has nice open APIs where one can download a lot of interesting data from. Uncorrelated already did some cool stuff on how to make money on Substack using…

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What really predicts fertility? A principled look at country time series data

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:12. April 2026
  • Post category:Demographics

We have an endless amount of articles trying to show that this or that variable is a plausible causal candidate, and hopefully something we can do something about practically speaking.…

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Read more about the article American Jewish gentile differences

American Jewish gentile differences

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:9. April 2026
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Stereotypes

Jews are an extraordinarily successful ethnic group in almost everything they choose to engage in, from physics to politics with the curious exception of US presidencies. Seb Jensen compiled a…

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