Studies using national IQs for predicting immigration outcomes
Below I list all the studies I am aware of that use national IQs in studies of immigrants, usually as an estimate of their IQ levels in the host country.…
New paper out: Racial and ethnic group differences in the heritability of intelligence: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Pesta et al 2020)
So, our big Scarr-Rowe meta-analysis dropped recently. I was traveling at the time, so there was a bit of a delay to this posting. I also recorded a long video…
Figlio et al 2017 race Scarr-Rowe results
Figlio, D. N., Freese, J., Karbownik, K., & Roth, J. (2017). Socioeconomic status and genetic influences on cognitive development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(51), 13441-13446. Accurate understanding…
New paper out: Smart and Poor, or Rich and Dull? A U.S. County-Level Analysis of the Relationship between IQ and Presidential-Election Voting Behavior
Kirkegaard, E. O. W., & Pesta, B. J. (2019). Smart and Poor, or Rich and Dull? A U.S. County-Level Analysis of the Relationship between IQ and Presidential-Election Voting Behavior. Mankind…
New paper out: Race Differences: A Very Brief Review
Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2019). Race Differences: A Very Brief Review. Mankind Quarterly, 60:2 The nature of race differences, and even the mere “existence” of human races, continues to be…
Magic (American) Racism Theory
Aside from the usual Magic Dirt Theory, there is also the Magic (American) Racism Theory. James Flynn explains the conundrum for environmentalists: There is no doubt that high h² [heritability]…
Hereditarianism: a progressive research program
I am posting this because this is not widely known, but I think this angle should be taken more seriously. I hope philosophers will read this and get inspired! Urbach,…
Physiognomy: a field ready for scientific revival
People keep asking me about the state of the art re. evidence for physiognomy, so here's a brief review. Phrenology used to be considered legit, and then eventually people realized…
Bayesian statistics for environmentalists
See also previously: Environmentalists like admixture analysis too (until they don’t) Let's talk a little Bayesian statistics and how it applies to model selection in the race and IQ debate.…
Replies to Birney, Raff, Rutherford & Scally
Ewan Birney, Jennifer Raff, Adam Rutherford, Aylwyn Scally. Race, genetics and pseudoscience: an explainer. Ewan's Blog: Bioinformatician at large. Additional remarks by Raff on her blog On Race, Genetics, and…
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