African IQs and mental retardation
This one comes up a lot when we discuss the dire realities of the average intelligence levels seen in Sub-Saharan African countries: If the mean IQs are 70, wouldn't that…
Older fathers bad, paternal age effects vindicated?
Since the 1930s, people are getting older and older before having children, as the importance of careers and education to people seems to increase without stop. As older people are…
The Mensa fallacy
Back in 2015 at ISIR, a researcher gave a presentation about mental illness and intelligence, reporting it was elevated at high intelligence levels, along with all kinds of other issues.…
Psychotics are bad, anti-psychotics are good
Remember this guy? His name is Noah Esbensen. Actually, he is not a big deal outside of Denmark, but he made a brief stir in the media by going into…
Unnatural hair color really is a danger zone marker (new study out)
Probably many of you have seen this meme about aposematic hair color: For those not into memes: the idea is that poisonous animals advertise their dangerousness by bright colors to…
The genetics of mental illness
In popular discourse and the media, the debate is between those who recognize significant genetic causation in mental illnesses versus the status quo blank slate people who leave all such…
Should you get off Twitbookgram?
You might be familiar with stuff like this: How heavy use of social media is linked to mental illness, The Economist, 2018 Looking over the chart a bit, we find…
Mental illness and intelligence: the relationship is negative
This one keeps coming up whenever I post things about mental illness and X, like politics. So it's worth having a go-to summary for a popular audience. Mental illness is…
The conservative advantage in mental health keeps replicating
Back in May 2020, I published a paper provocatively titled Mental Illness and the Left. It was based on the common observation (stereotype!) that conservatives seem less prone to mental…
Exercise for depression: the evidence does not support this treatment
I've written about this before (in 2014, and in 2017), but due to popular demand, we cover it again. The topic is very important because depression is perhaps the most…