Selective migration and regression towards the mean
There is much discussion in these days about immigration to the West, and in particular, skilled migration to the United States. Critics of migration often point to regression towards the…
Mike Huemer tells truths about progressive myths
American philosopher Mike Huemer published a book a few months ago called Progressive Myths. He was kind enough to send me a review copy. You can return the favor by…
Somalis in the USA: also not a success
Western countries are experimenting with solutions to their population aging problem. For instance, one of the countries with the worst age pyramids is Germany: Since the welfare state is effectively…
BMI vs. body fat %
In my previous post I discussed commonly found normal distribution in humans. In general, these result from many small independent causes in different directions which when averaged result in a…
Power laws and human society
Granted, it is a bit of a strange name, a power law. Is that a particularly powerful piece of legislation? Not at all. It is a kind of statistical distribution,…
Worldwide height variation explained
There's a lot of variation across the globe in average height. It looks like this (per OWID): Furthermore, there has been a significant increase in the last century: We also…