Heterodox Academy’s big payday
Everybody knows academia has severe political bias issues. Some people have been trying to do something about it for decades. The main academic organization that has been talking up the…
Sometimes you should speak up with an unpopular view
Every year I try to read a set number of books (30 this year). I've been decreasing the number over the years because blogs and academic articles have become so…
Is language dumbing down?
In the media, we can read that political speeches are getting simpler (2013): This kind of article is typically used to bash the current right-wing president if such exists. E.g.,…
On the limits of free speech
Are you in favor of free speech? Most readers and most people in general will say yes, and many even consider themselves free speech absolutists. If asked why, they might…
The Wikipedia fundraising scam
Wikipedia, and its parent organization Wikimedia, has been making the rounds on Twitter. This seems to be because Chris Rufo is attacking the new CEO of NPR (US public 'radio'),…
Why are there so few women and Blacks in some fields? And so many Asians?
Joseph Bronski and I have a new study out: Bronski, J., & Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2024). Diversity in STEM: Merit or Discrimination via Inaccurate Stereotype? OpenPsych, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.26775/OP.2024.03.05 Leslie…
Will USA cease to be a safe space for embryo selection?
You may have heard about the new Supreme Court of Alabama decision. You can read the full decision here, which I did (130 pages). The case is straightforward enough: Facts…
Supreme Court, Supreme Issues
I have long been annoyed by how the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) seemed to work, so I decided to look more into this by reading a short textbook on the…
Why woke? What to do about it?
I am a little late to the party, but I too want to post my reviews of 2 recently high grade books on the woke phenomenon and what to do…
In Sweden, talking about race and intelligence will get you a fine
I have somehow not heard of this case, but there's an ongoing case in Sweden where a 80-ish year old man, Bertil Malmberg, talked about the intelligence of nations, specifically…