Emil O. W. Kirkegaard

Big update to the Cluster Wiki project

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:6. February 2013
Post category:Philosophy Science
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http://emilkirkegaard.dk/clusterwiki

Flouride in drinking water and … IQ?

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:3. February 2013
Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics Medicine
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From somone named <Anonymous> on G+ i saw a link to a blogpost from a doctor about the dangers of fouride. that sounded interesting but potentially nutty (conspiracy nuts like…

Paper: A plea for science studies (Phillip Kitcher)

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:3. February 2013
Post category:Metascience Science
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This was interesting. A_Plea_for_Science_Studies_Philip_Kitcher

Stereotypes and accuracy

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:1. February 2013
Post category:Psychology
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So i decided to look up som studies after reviewing Pinker's comments in The Blank Slate. I found som studies mentioned on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype#Accuracy A book chapter was mentioned…

Review: Beyond the Hoax: Science and Culture (Alan Sokal)

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:1. February 2013
Post category:Epistemology Metaphysics Religion Science Science Sociology
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beyond the hoax - alan sokal Much of the material is the same as in Sokal and Bricmont's earlier book. But there is some new material as well. I especially…

Stereotypes: Women and chocolate, is the stereotype true?

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:1. February 2013
Post category:Psychology
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At an icecream dinner party the question came up whether women actually like chocolate more than men. Stereotypes are known to often be correct, so i was curius. Quoting from…

Paper: Social Structure and Language Structure: the New Nomothetic Approach

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:31. January 2013
Post category:Linguistics/language
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Social Structure and Language Structure the New Nomothetic Approach found via Gene Expression, http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2013/01/a-correlation-between-acacia-trees-and-tonal-languages/ Recent studies have taken advantage of newly available, large-scale, cross-linguistic data and new statistical techniques to…

Polymaths, freedom of information, and copyright – why we need copyright reform to more effectively increase the number of polymaths

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:29. January 2013
Post category:Copyright and filesharing Education
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I forgot to mention that i hav riten a post about polymathy and copyriet reform over at Project Polymath. Reposted below. Direct link to post. ---- Introduction Polymaths are people…

Apparently, the feel good veganism is bad for… poor countries

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:23. January 2013
Post category:Ethics
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/vegans-stomach-unpalatable-truth-quinoa

Paper: Why Not Epistocracy? (David Estlund)

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:22. January 2013
Post category:Education Government form Politics
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Why Not Epistocracy (i fixed the PDF found on google) Previusly mentioned, but its pretty good, and right to the topic. Also, the Wiki page about meritocracy sucks.