Net contributions in the EU, g and the former east block
Seeing that countries vary wildly in how much they contribute to the EU, and vary somewhat in g in Europe, it seems worth checking if it there was a correlation.…
Review: Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter (Ilya Somin)
This book is a quick read and covers the area decently well. The major drawback is that it doesnt discuss deliberative democracy or liquid democracy. IMO this book is not…
Are compensatory education IQ gains g-loaded? No one knows, because the data are probably lost
It has been shown that training effects and the FLR effect are not g-loaded. Spitz in his discussion of the many types of compensatory education that has been tried, mentions…
Prediction: Good dating sites of the future will use genomic data to select partners with matching MHC
Prediction: Good dating sites of the future will use genomic data to select partners with matching MHC. The idea is obvious. Genomic sequencing prices will fall. People will have copies…
Some ideas about open and decentralized science
Science is broken There are numerous errors with science as it is right now. Some of them are: closed access, publication bias, lack of data sharing, the horribly bad and…
Graphical overview of academic publication systems
To the left is the current most popular practice. It has its roots in journals that were printed on paper and is not suited to the internet. To the right…
Semantic discussions of intelligence and the (un)importance of the study of race and g: A comment on Hunt and Jaeggi (2013)
I submitted this paper to the new open access Journal of Intelligence. But apparently, the first issue is invite only, so they won't accept my paper. At least it is…
Review: Laws of Fear: Beyond the Precautionary Principle
I expected more of this book. The initial chapters are pretty bad, not very scientific or rigorous in the argumentation. The later chapters were much more interesting, leading to a…
Translation of summary of danish prostitution study (Sundhed, sygelighed og trivsel blandt klinikprostituerede)
The report is in danish, but english speaking people might wanna know about the contents. See also: http://www.voxliberalis.dk/rasmus-horn-langhoff-angriber-den-frie-forskning/ http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE2184400/ny-undersoegelse-klinikprostituerede-foeler-sig-mindre-stressede-end-danske-kvinder/ The report is here: http://si-folkesundhed.dk/upload/prostitutionsrapport.pdf Below is my translation of the…
Eugenics and the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland (1996)
Interesting small book that casts light on the use of sterilizations in nordic countries. It shows quite clearly that eugenics has it origin in collectivist and socialist thinking and was…
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