Hispaniolan craniometry
I can't resist blogging this one. First, so it doesn't get lost, and second because it's scientifically interesting. Right now, Haiti is in the news due to social failure and…
I can't resist blogging this one. First, so it doesn't get lost, and second because it's scientifically interesting. Right now, Haiti is in the news due to social failure and…
What if lying was impossible? You've surely seen lie detectors in movies, and heard about them being used in court rooms with questionable validity data. But what if we could…
There has been frequent criticism of Phil Rushton's role as synthesizer of research on race differences. Ed Dutton's deep dive into Rushton's own claims about his life revealed some inconsistencies…
Sam Harris brands himself as a neuroscientist. We can read on his website that: Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, New York Times best-selling author, host of the Making Sense…
Research funding for COVID is amazing. A lot of academics got and continue to get grants promising to do research on COVID. Unfortunately, COVID kinda died out recently and the…
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…
Jared asked me if I wanted to summarize recent work in the field, based on a new review article by Ian Deary, Simon R. Cox & W. David Hill. Well,…
Neuroscience enjoys a good public perception of scientific rigor. Unfortunately, it's undeserved. Statistically speaking, a scientific field cannot be rigorous when it is underpowered and has a high researcher degree…
Someone sent me this email: Hello Emil I was wondering if you knew about any similar papers to this one: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289608001591 Also, what are your thoughts on mutualism (which I…
People keep asking me about the state of the art re. evidence for physiognomy, so here's a brief review. Phrenology used to be considered legit, and then eventually people realized…