The sampling problem with meta-analyses of Jensen’s method findings
I have been complaining to colleagues about this one for several months. Of the various criticisms of this method, I don't recall one pointing out this problem. I don't have…
On scientific consensus
In reply to: Scott Alexander's Learning To Love Scientific Consensus. Actually, I have planned (in my mind) a somewhat longer post on my take on the 'correct contrarian cluster', or…
AI stereotype accuracy too
https://twitter.com/timothycbates/status/852778717411659776 Humans have stereotypes, that is, they hold beliefs about groups of people. When examined, these beliefs tend to reflect reality quite well, sometimes very well (for review, see Jussim's…
Comments about my interview with Thinking Ape (2017-04-06)
Just a quick post to summarize or reference the evidence for various claims and mistakes I made. The interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttzqXeX2hjw Previous interview with Tara McCarthy I should have done a…
Another calibration test
See also previous results. I stumbled upon another calibration test: http://calibratedprobabilityassessment.org/ This one is almost entirely based on distances between US cities. I don't even know where all the states…
Criticism of me and my research on SlateStarCodex’s subreddit
On the commentariat here, and why I don't think I can be associated with this community, despite liking the blog. My reply, as found in the comments. Most of it…
Is miscegenation bad for your kids?
Generally my stance is that people should date/mate who they want. Furthermore, I don't personally care much about this question or the future survival of statistical clusters (races). Asserting that…
Celebrating an early female pioneer: Barbara Stoddard Burks
Because I hate seeing solid contributions go unnoticed. Few remember Barbara Stoddard Burks for the early pioneer of behavioral genetics she was. She doesn't even have a Wikipedia article. I…
The neuroscience of intelligence: very preliminary because of power failure and lack of multivariate studies
I don't have time to provide extensive citations for this post, so some things are cited from memory. You should be able to locate the relevant literature, but otherwise just…
How common is perceived discrimination? Who reports/suffers it?
Brian Boutwell et al has a new preprint out: The Experience of Discrimination in Contemporary America: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults A large body of social science…
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