Back in May this year, German intelligence researcher Heiner Rindermann published this study: Rindermann, H. (2024). Surprisingly low results from studies on cognitive ability in developing countries: are the results…
There are many ways that politics impact science. Many people are aware of the extreme measures taken by Soviet Russia (Lysenkoism) in order to make genetics fit with the party…
What is a taboo? Well, the dictionaries tell us (according to GPT4): Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003): "A prohibition imposed by social custom or as a protective measure." Oxford…
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…
Consider the following quote: Sociology has recently been subject to a severe critique by Alvin Gouldner (1970), who has repeated and sought to document the charge that the theoretical orientations…
A new many-author paper makes the case that censorship is rampant in science: Clark, C. J., Jussim, L., Frey, K., Stevens, S. T., Al-Gharbi, M., Aquino, K., ... & von…
There is idealized science and there is real life science. In idealized science, disinterested, smart, rational agents attempt to figure out how reality works out of sheer curiosity. They collaborate…
I've previously written about scientific misconduct by country, but what about good conduct, that is, (good) science? There are various ways to count this. The simplest is to count the…
There's a new bombshell paper out finding some very obvious findings: Zhang, F. J. (2023). Political endorsement by Nature and trust in scientific expertise during COVID-19. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–11.…
I recently posted a book review of Garett Jones' 10% less Democracy. My main beef with the book is that it relies on lots of studies with dubious p values,…