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Read more about the article New paper out: Genetic ancestry and social race are nearly interchangeable

New paper out: Genetic ancestry and social race are nearly interchangeable

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:31. December 2021
  • Post category:Genomics

I've got a new paper out of some nontrivial interest to many. Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2021). New paper out: Genetic ancestry and social race are nearly interchangeable. OpenPsych It…

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Harvard’s half-meritocracy

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:29. December 2021
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Many people are aware that American universities practice something called affirmative action. Really, this just means a kind of reverse racism that was instituted during the 1960s cultural takeover (or…

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Exercise for depression: the evidence does not support this treatment

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:24. December 2021
  • Post category:Genetics / behavioral genetics/Psychiatry

I've written about this before (in 2014, and in 2017), but due to popular demand, we cover it again. The topic is very important because depression is perhaps the most…

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Read more about the article Heritabilities are usually underestimated

Heritabilities are usually underestimated

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:20. December 2021
  • Post category:Genetics / behavioral genetics

When we read popular books by leading authors, we often find statements like this: Since the 1960s scientists conducting long-term studies on special relatives like twins and adoptees have built…

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Read more about the article Wealth gains and IQ gains since Ron Unz’ 2012 post

Wealth gains and IQ gains since Ron Unz’ 2012 post

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:9. December 2021
  • Post category:Genetics / behavioral genetics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

In 2012, Ron Unz (of Unz.com) wrote a long article with the title Race, IQ, and Wealth published in The American Conservative (follow-up also in 2012 Race/IQ: Irish IQ &…

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Read more about the article In favor of race science

In favor of race science

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:8. December 2021
  • Post category:Genetics / behavioral genetics/Language

What shall we call the study of human races? I mean, in a sense, this is part of anthropology, the study of man, which would include the varieties of man…

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Woke behavioral geneticists

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. November 2021
  • Post category:Book review/Genetics / behavioral genetics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Book review of The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality by Kathryn Paige Harden. Most people know about the top woke biologists of the past. I am of…

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Read more about the article Testosterone battles

Testosterone battles

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:16. November 2021
  • Post category:Biology/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Physiology/Sociology

Back in October Razib Khan had Carole Hooven on his podcast. She's the author of a new popsci book on testosterone: T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates…

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Sweden finally publishes new immigrant crime rate data, which shows no surprises

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:9. November 2021
  • Post category:Criminology/Immigration

Back in 2017, I wrote about how Sweden has a policy of hiding their immigrant crime rate statistics. (See also this tweet.) One cannot even buy them from the statistics…

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Read more about the article Math scores for 2nd generation immigrants in Norway by country of origin

Math scores for 2nd generation immigrants in Norway by country of origin

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:8. November 2021
  • Post category:Immigration/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

A reader sent me this interesting report that I had previously somehow not heard of: Rune Jørgen Sørensen, Jon Marius Iversen, Johan From, and Hans Bonesrønning. Culture and school performance:…

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