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Read more about the article Forecast results for 2022 (Metaculus)

Forecast results for 2022 (Metaculus)

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:4. January 2023
  • Post category:Personal/Science

Like all the other cool kids, I set some personal goals every year, and also make some forecasts about these. So let's look at how my forecasts for 2022 went,…

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Substack 1st anniversary, statistics, reader survey, and a new video

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. October 2022
  • Post category:Economics/Meta/Personal

My Substack is growing a lot faster than I anticipated, and we've hit 2000 2100. It took about one year, as my first post was 11th October 2021: Paid subscribers…

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Read more about the article Substack vs. Magazines: growth

Substack vs. Magazines: growth

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:2. September 2022
  • Post category:Freedom of speech/expression/Personal

Substack is doing well. They have successfully avoided being woke censors so far, even avoided COVID censorship while everybody else was toeing the party line. Back in January, they published…

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Read more about the article Will the real Emil please stand up?

Will the real Emil please stand up?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:15. July 2022
  • Post category:Personal/Politics/Science

Since is there yet another character and cancellation attempt on me, I thought it might be useful to write a post about my actual politics, which could then stand in…

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Read more about the article Helmuth Nyborg interviewed for his 85th birth day (English translation)

Helmuth Nyborg interviewed for his 85th birth day (English translation)

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:6. January 2022
  • Post category:Personal

Helmuth Nyborg, my friend and the other main naughty Danish intelligence researcher, turned 85 years old yesterday on 5th January. Due to this, a journalist did a portrait interview with…

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Read more about the article Substackmaxxing

Substackmaxxing

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. October 2021
  • Post category:Personal

See also: Substack – a revival of blogging culture / blogs to read in 2020 So far Substack doesn't appear to censor much from an ideological perspective, but they have…

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Read more about the article “Genes, Brains, and Intelligence: What’s New?” in AmRen

“Genes, Brains, and Intelligence: What’s New?” in AmRen

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:4. March 2021
  • Post category:Genetics / behavioral genetics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Neuroscience/Personal

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,…

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Read more about the article Long form interview in The Postil Magazine

Long form interview in The Postil Magazine

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:4. March 2021
  • Post category:Personal

Gregoire Canlorbe has been kind enough to interview me. It went deep into many topics! Hope you enjoy. The Postil Magazine: Neo-Positive Realism: A Discussion With Emil O.W. Kirkegaard Title…

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Read more about the article Goals and forecasts for 2021

Goals and forecasts for 2021

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. January 2021
  • Post category:Forecasting/Personal

Last year's post (2020) and scoring the predictions. These are goals and projections for my various productivity measures. These are all based on ignoring the tail risk of getting banned…

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Read more about the article Scoring my 2020 predictions

Scoring my 2020 predictions

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:7. January 2021
  • Post category:Forecasting/Personal

I wanted to wait until all the US election stuff resolves, but seems like this will take a while for the last few questions, so let's proceed for now. As…

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