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Read more about the article Macroeconomics and intelligence: a collection

Macroeconomics and intelligence: a collection

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. August 2020
  • Post category:Economics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

See prior post on national IQs and who you can't cite. Economists and intelligence researchers don't generally talk: Test scores, on the other hand, offer direct measures of a variety…

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Read more about the article Beware small biases: the case of height

Beware small biases: the case of height

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:26. August 2020
  • Post category:Genetics / behavioral genetics

See prior post on self vs. other measurements of personality for a similar take. Height is the favorite trait in 'behavioral' genetics: it's easy, fast and cheap to measure, continuous…

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Read more about the article Fake news on James Watson’s DNA

Fake news on James Watson’s DNA

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:25. August 2020
  • Post category:Genomics

Some readers might remember back in 2007, it was widely reported that Chad James Watson has African ancestry: New York Times: DNA Pioneer’s Genome Blurs Race Lines A new analysis…

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Read more about the article Jolly Heretic show 24th August 2020

Jolly Heretic show 24th August 2020

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:24. August 2020
  • Post category:Humor/Science

This was a live show with real viewer questions and our attempts to answer them. Read: wild speculation, and suggestions for research. Since Youtube loves censorship these days, here's the…

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Read more about the article Against trust in neuroscience

Against trust in neuroscience

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:24. August 2020
  • Post category:Metascience/Neuroscience

Neuroscience enjoys a good public perception of scientific rigor. Unfortunately, it's undeserved. Statistically speaking, a scientific field cannot be rigorous when it is underpowered and has a high researcher degree…

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Read more about the article Motivation and IQ scores

Motivation and IQ scores

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:24. August 2020
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Der er is a famous meta-analysis showing that motivation affects IQ scores to a substantial degree: Duckworth, A. L., Quinn, P. D., Lynam, D. R., Loeber, R., & Stouthamer-Loeber, M.…

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IQ testing in America: not banned

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:22. August 2020
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

See also this post by greyenlightenment. There is a widespread (e.g. 1, 2, 3) but false belief that the 1970s supreme court case Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S.…

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Read more about the article National IQs: measurement invariance studies

National IQs: measurement invariance studies

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:22. August 2020
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

A lot of national intelligence criticism focuses on the measurement validity. Are the scores really comparable across countries? Most of the criticism is armchair stuff, or vaguer claims based on…

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Read more about the article Educational socialism

Educational socialism

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:19. August 2020
  • Post category:Education/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Sociology

Some people think that human differences are just a matter of throwing enough money at the problem. Naturally, then, they always advocate for more educational spending whenever inconvenient gaps are…

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