James Watson’s Greek ANTIFA experience
Most people know that if you at some point say something the left doesn't like, your life may became hell. You may get stalked, assaulted, and occasionally killed and so…
Is it impossible to build general artificial intelligence?
Before we start this book review, consider these quotes about the possibility of nuclear power: Albert Einstein, 1922 Translation by Henry L. Brose (Einstein the Searcher: His Work Explained from…
Language and clusters
The recent Trump executive order on sex and gender spurred some debate about the intricacies of biology of sex. Here's the relevant part: Sec. 2. Policy and Definitions. It is…
Yes, Elon should clone himself now
Speaking of other science advances we could make right now, human cloning is a good opportunity. Why spend time optimizing embryo selection if we can just take a genome we…
Book review: The Revolutionary Phenotype
Over the years, the enthusiastic fans of Jean Francois Gariepy (JFG) have been trying to goad me into reading his book. I had avoided it because people I trust say…
Can we pick the best sperm?
A lot of people are interested in embryo selection. Why? When people reproduce through IVF, they will generate more than one viable embryo. Which one to choose? The general approach…
Book review: David Sinclair – Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To (2019)
David A. Sinclair - Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To, 2019 (free ebook is on libgen) I know Scott Alexander has already reviewed this, but since I…
Testosterone battles
Back in October Razib Khan had Carole Hooven on his podcast. She's the author of a new popsci book on testosterone: T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates…
Cold winter theory in non-human animals
Disclaimer: I did not read Rushton's seminal book on the topic. I was only first recently able to obtain a complete electronic copy (i.e. not abridged version). I did in…
Did a small lizard study show transgenerational epigenetics?
McCormick, G. L., Robbins, T. R., Cavigelli, S. A., & Langkilde, T. (2017). Ancestry trumps experience: Transgenerational but not early life stress affects the adult physiological stress response. Hormones and…