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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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Read more about the article Your job, their job, and politics

Your job, their job, and politics

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:4. November 2021
  • Post category:Political science

Most people know that political opinions are related to which job people are in. But which exactly? While there are many ways to quantify this, two teams looked at donations…

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Read more about the article The hierarchy of evidence: meta-analysis vs. registered studies

The hierarchy of evidence: meta-analysis vs. registered studies

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:4. November 2021
  • Post category:Metascience

Anon asks: Do you have the study where they compare meta analysis to pre-registered trials Yes, but let's look at the wider issue. So you have some question. You want…

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Read more about the article Misleading plots on secular trends and education

Misleading plots on secular trends and education

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:2. November 2021
  • Post category:Education/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

This mistake is very common, and here we look at an arbitrary example I was sent promoted by Rob Henderson on Twitter. This error is quite common (first example I…

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