Hostile sexism is live and well, but mostly in favor of women
The feminist movement can be seen as a reaction of egalitarians against then prevailing views about women vs. men, that viewed men in a too favorable light for their tastes.…
The feminist movement can be seen as a reaction of egalitarians against then prevailing views about women vs. men, that viewed men in a too favorable light for their tastes.…
Edward Dutton (AKA. Jolly Heretic) and J.O.A. Rayner-Hilles has a new book out: The Past is a Future Country: The Coming Conservative Demographic Revolution (2022). The summary is: Since the…
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…
We have a new study out: Piffer, D., Dutton, E., & Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2023). Intelligence Trends in Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of Roman Polygenic Scores. OpenPsych,…
Together with Sebastian Jensen, I have a new paper out: Jensen, S., & Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2023). Honesty, Intelligence, and Race. OpenPsych, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.26775/OP.2023.07.17 Research shows that honesty correlates…
Richard Lynn passed away a few days ago in his sleep. His health had been in decline for some time, so his passing was expected. Still, it offers us a…
In the continuing debate about mental illness, we have roughly the following situation: Bryan Caplan representing the Thomas Szasz camp Scott Alexander representing the pragmatist "define mental illness in a…
Anon asks on Twitter: i'm just curious. what's your favorite genre of music? It seems like a good diversion from the usual serious posting on the blog. What I listen…
Suppose you want to measure how well a country is doing. If you're an economist you will be immediately reaching for your trusted variant of the GDP per capita metric.…
Let's apply some cool headed thinking to the issue. In societies without well-functioning legal systems, residents will strive to achieve their own justice. Usually, this works by appointing someone to…