Did the New York Times inform readers about Rotherham?
I saw this amusing exchange on Twitter some days ago: I don't think Matthew had investigated this claim, it was maybe revealed to him in a dream. But was it…
Who was politically intolerant in 2016?
i/o posted this figure on X: Leftist women were the most intolerant, an expected result. However, is this due to their ideology and sex, or something else, say, where they…
40 mini book reviews from 2024
As mentioned in the yearly productivity post, I managed to read 40 books in 2024 on top of my other work. Here they are in a picture: It's absurdly long,…
2024 productivity by the numbers
I monitor my productivity to see how things change over time. The metrics are: Blog posts written Visitor statistics and subscriptions to blog Twitter/X Academic papers published Books read The…
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…
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