The 30x (actually 25x) problem
This figure is flowing around Twitter recently: The usual commentary is simply to notice the Y axis. Chicago men having a homicide rate of 900, and those in England and…
Backstabber Brennan knifes Scott Alexander with 2014 email
Backstabber Brennan AKA Topher Brennan (@TopherTBrennan) is some guy you wish you aren't friends with. Nor even a casual email acquaintance. In an already deleted email thread that was luckily…
Scott Alexander on the isolated demand for moral rigor and genetics
It appears this comment was deleted and I've checked the archive sites, and none of them appear to have just the right time in between him posting it and it…
Recent evidence on dysgenic trends (February 2021)
A friend asked me to give him some pointers to the recent evidence on dysgenics, or the selection against valued traits. Challenge was accepted. This is not an exhaustive review.…
How closely related is your spouse?
I have written on the children produced by mixed-race couples before, and since it went so well, it's time to try again. Only this time, another angle: the parents themselves.…
African self-esteem and narcissism
TL;DR social scientists produced research that was falsely interpreted by them to show that Africans in USA had lower self-esteem than Europeans and this was because of segregation, and they…
Tech solution to tech totalitarianism
This has been suggested many times, but if you don't want to read the 4000 words version that Moldbug has, here's a 255 words TL;DR. What you want is a…
23andme’s updated algorithm: January 2021
Prior results: 2019 Personal genomics company 23andme has a new preprint out describing their current approach and results: Durand, E. Y., Do, C. B., Wilton, P. R., Mountain, J. L.,…
Scott Lilienfeld memorial site
See also 2015 post: Scott O. Lilienfeld is a great researcher Obituaries: NYT: Scott Lilienfeld, Psychologist Who Questioned Psychology, Dies at 59 Emory university: Scott Lilienfeld remembered for advancing psychology…
Substack – a revival of blogging culture / blogs to read in 2020
In the last year or so, there has been a notable growth in people using Substack. This platform is essentially a platform for subscription blogs, where one can opt-in to…