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Read more about the article New study on the effect of university education on political views in the UK

New study on the effect of university education on political views in the UK

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:20. May 2022
  • Post category:Education/Political science

Someone sent me this new study that I hadn't included in my review from back in January: Scott, R. (2022). Does university make you more liberal? Estimating the within-individual effects…

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Read more about the article Ancient eugenics confirmed

Ancient eugenics confirmed

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:17. May 2022
  • Post category:Genomics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

I've written many times about the current dysgenic selection in humans, where evolution seems to be going the wrong way according to our preferences. Specifically, after the industrial revolution, the…

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Read more about the article Big Tech censors the Buffalo shooter’s manifesto

Big Tech censors the Buffalo shooter’s manifesto

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:16. May 2022
  • Post category:Criminology/Freedom of speech/expression

Once again, Big Tech are censoring a manifesto written by a terrorist, in this case, the Buffalo shooter Payton Gendron. It used to be on Google Drive, but was deleted.…

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Read more about the article The origins of cold winters theory

The origins of cold winters theory

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:16. May 2022
  • Post category:Evolutionary Psychology/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Richard Lynn famously spent a few decades collecting data on human intelligence around the world. Eventually, he was able to generate world maps of average intelligence levels by nations and…

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Read more about the article The genetics of mental illness

The genetics of mental illness

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:12. May 2022
  • Post category:Genomics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Psychiatry

In popular discourse and the media, the debate is between those who recognize significant genetic causation in mental illnesses versus the status quo blank slate people who leave all such…

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Read more about the article Interview with Ideas Sleep Furiously

Interview with Ideas Sleep Furiously

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. May 2022
  • Post category:Science

I had a long, 2+ hours, interview with Matt over at the Ideas Sleep Furiously channel. So you might want to check it out. We talked about, well, a lot…

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Read more about the article Political deletionism at Wikipedia

Political deletionism at Wikipedia

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:3. May 2022
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Wikipedia

What content should be in an online encyclopedia like Wikipedia? One can contrast two extreme views on the matter: Inclusivism: just about everything should be included that can be properly…

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Read more about the article New video out on the Dunning Kruger effect, of lack thereof

New video out on the Dunning Kruger effect, of lack thereof

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:30. April 2022
  • Post category:Psychology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19NB8MtlPIQ This is the accompanying video of our 2021 paper: Kirkegaard, E. O. W. & Gerritsen, A. (2021). Looking for evidence of the Dunning-Kruger effect: an analysis of 2400 online…

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What do 0/10 scales mean?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. April 2022
  • Post category:Psychology

We often use the 0-10 scale to rate people for various things, but especially attractiveness. But what do people really mean when they say someone is an 8 out of…

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Read more about the article Heat and the great balls decline

Heat and the great balls decline

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:25. April 2022
  • Post category:Medicine/Physiology

OK, click baity title, but bear with me. In a prior post on Roman fertility decline, I had mentioned a speculative piece arguing that Roman fertility decline was in part…

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