Most researchers don't seem to think carefully about what they put in their regression models as statistical controls. By controlling for a variable, you attempt to hold that variable at…
This new study is making the rounds, also in the English speaking world (e.g. Reuters): Higher proportion of migrants does not mean more crime, German institute says BERLIN, Feb 18…
Let's define global capitalism as market economy combined with relatively free movement of labor (people) and capital. This is approximately world we live in. We have an unequal world to…
Back in the days of COVID, there was a lot of debate about the efficacy of the vaccines. Unfortunately, most randomized trials were cut-short or too small to look at…
This blog gets a lot of reads, but not so many paid subscribers. That's because everything is public and it will stay that way, except for video content (right now,…
If we have to name the single largest problem with social science in itself it is that of confounding (in real-life social science, the bigger issue is probably statistical cheating…
I have a speculative model of sex differences among people with extreme beliefs. Here I just mean extreme in the sense of statistically uncommon, say, being a full-blown libertarian, HBD…
In a simple sense, the answer is America. But America has over 300 million people, and other countries have fewer than 10 million people. Which country makes the best movies…
There's a few findings that no one seems to have integrated, so this is my attempt. First off, women are higher in neuroticism than men. Neuroticism can generally be described…
Were you curious about the actual works by the much maligned Richard Lynn? Fear not, we have a new memorial site up with most of his works accessible. https://richardlynn.net/ This…