What do genomic principal components mean?
There's a new study out making the rounds, but first I want to divert and ask: Who invented admixture regression? Here I mean the analysis where admixture (ancestry) estimates of…
There's a new study out making the rounds, but first I want to divert and ask: Who invented admixture regression? Here I mean the analysis where admixture (ancestry) estimates of…
One of the concerns that conservatives sometimes bring up is that while it is true that using IVF/ART (in vitro fertilization/assisted reproductive technologies) can have a eugenic effect if they…
The essence of my pedagogical program is that in my opinion, every healthy child can be raised to be an outstanding person, in my words, a genius. When we began…
Parent-child similarity is a much studied topic. So much studied that various fields have come up with many different terms for the same thing: intergenerational elasticity, intergenerational persistence, intergenerational mobility…
A few days ago, geneticist Shai Carmi posted a new study on Twitter. And then he deleted his tweet and reposted a "I disavow" version. Well, what happened is that…
During much of human history, it wasn't known that diseases or traits 'ran in families'. In fact, early mentions appear for instance in the 1700s: The recurrence of specific signs…
Some time ago, Ed Dutton and I published a study showing that in the USA, being a member of the Mormon club seems to protect one against having a dysgenic…
I can't resist blogging this one. First, so it doesn't get lost, and second because it's scientifically interesting. Right now, Haiti is in the news due to social failure and…
Davide Piffer and I have a new study out: Piffer, D., & Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2024). Evolutionary Trends of Polygenic Scores in European Populations From the Paleolithic to Modern…
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…