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Read more about the article Brain size and intelligence: 2022

Brain size and intelligence: 2022

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:30. May 2022
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Neuroscience

There's a new meta-analysis out for brain size/volume and intelligence: Pietschnig, J., Gerdesmann, D., Zeiler, M., & Voracek, M. (2022). Of differing methods, disputed estimates and discordant interpretations: the meta-analytical…

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Read more about the article Affirmative action at the Intelligence journal (Elsevier)

Affirmative action at the Intelligence journal (Elsevier)

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:27. May 2022
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Psychology

We recently published a big study looking at hiring bias for editorial boards. One could argue that hiring is perhaps a bit too strong a word, as I think these…

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Read more about the article Men like vs. women like

Men like vs. women like

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:24. May 2022
  • Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics

What sort of things are women interested in compared to men? Maybe we should ask Mel Gibson. A more scientific way is to study this is to study something called…

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Read more about the article New study on the effect of university education on political views in the UK

New study on the effect of university education on political views in the UK

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:20. May 2022
  • Post category:Education/Political science

Someone sent me this new study that I hadn't included in my review from back in January: Scott, R. (2022). Does university make you more liberal? Estimating the within-individual effects…

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Read more about the article Ancient eugenics confirmed

Ancient eugenics confirmed

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:17. May 2022
  • Post category:Genomics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

I've written many times about the current dysgenic selection in humans, where evolution seems to be going the wrong way according to our preferences. Specifically, after the industrial revolution, the…

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Read more about the article Big Tech censors the Buffalo shooter’s manifesto

Big Tech censors the Buffalo shooter’s manifesto

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:16. May 2022
  • Post category:Criminology/Freedom of speech/expression

Once again, Big Tech are censoring a manifesto written by a terrorist, in this case, the Buffalo shooter Payton Gendron. It used to be on Google Drive, but was deleted.…

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Read more about the article The origins of cold winters theory

The origins of cold winters theory

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:16. May 2022
  • Post category:Evolutionary Psychology/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Richard Lynn famously spent a few decades collecting data on human intelligence around the world. Eventually, he was able to generate world maps of average intelligence levels by nations and…

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Read more about the article The genetics of mental illness

The genetics of mental illness

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:12. May 2022
  • Post category:Genomics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Psychiatry

In popular discourse and the media, the debate is between those who recognize significant genetic causation in mental illnesses versus the status quo blank slate people who leave all such…

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Read more about the article Interview with Ideas Sleep Furiously

Interview with Ideas Sleep Furiously

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. May 2022
  • Post category:Science

I had a long, 2+ hours, interview with Matt over at the Ideas Sleep Furiously channel. So you might want to check it out. We talked about, well, a lot…

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Read more about the article Political deletionism at Wikipedia

Political deletionism at Wikipedia

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:3. May 2022
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Wikipedia

What content should be in an online encyclopedia like Wikipedia? One can contrast two extreme views on the matter: Inclusivism: just about everything should be included that can be properly…

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