Effective Africanism
In moral philosophy, there's a variety of competing theories of normative morality. Normative meaning actual claims about what is good and bad, and what actions are correct and which are…
The Undark race science summary
For months, some journalist called Ashley Smart has been emailing me for quotes for some upcoming hit piece. E.g., back form January: Hi Emil, I'm a journalist with Undark Magazine, and…
Adding genetic interests to utilitarianism
With general artificial intelligence (AI) possibly available in the near future, many people are debating the future moral status of AIs. Here's the outline of my argument: Under utilitarianism, AI…
Scott Alexander on the isolated demand for moral rigor and genetics
It appears this comment was deleted and I've checked the archive sites, and none of them appear to have just the right time in between him posting it and it…
“a kind of social paranoia, a belief that mysterious, hostile forces are operating to cause inequalities in educational and occupational performance, despite all apparent efforts to eliminate prejudice and discrimination”
Quoting from Arthur Jensen's book Educability and group differences (1973). He was being criticized for postulating genetic causes, which some critics think would cause great social harm if they were…
Writings on ethics and politics of race and intelligence research
Sometimes people argue that one shouldn't even be allowed to research race and intelligence causes. I'm sometimes asked directly why I choose to study this topic. Well, I could outline…
Why is Eric Turkheimer so unreasonable about race and intelligence?
Eric Turkheimer is by many counts a good scientist. He has about 11.6k citations on Google Scholar, 6.3 since 2013 (i.e. last 5 years). He is prominent enough that he…
Review: The Censor’s Hand (Carl E. Schneider)
Schneider, C. (2015). The censor’s hand: the misregulation of human-subject research. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. Medical and social progress depend on research with human subjects. When that research is…
Medical geneticists on PGD for non-medical purposes
Quoted from Textbook of Human Reproductive Genetics, chapter 13: PGD within the“autonomy model” According to what may be called the “autonomy model,” prospective parents are free to use PGD in…
Review: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (Jonathan Haidt)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11324722-the-righteous-mind I had heard good things about this book, sort of. It has been cited a lot. Enough that I would be wiling to read it, given that the author…