How many frames per second (fps) is enough?
In the last few years, a competition opened up among gamers about having the screens and computers generating the most frames per second. Traditionally, 60 fps was the gold standard,…
Indian average intelligence: not a mystery
Talking about the current thing on X often results in viral posts: The replies are full of hostility for a variety of reasons, one of them being that Taleb posted…
Understanding American right-wing Indian hate
In the last few years, there has been a stark increase in anti-Indian posts. You can surely find your own examples on social media. Because of this, various right-leaning posters…
Bedsharing/cosleeping and SIDS
There is probably going to be a lot of baby-related science posting. You will have to forgive me. On the other hand, my own reader survey shows that the fertility…
Babymaxxing
And so the day came, August 12, our first child joined the world: Given how great early life interventions work, I started immediately with important topics like British history: Kidding…
Do you like dogs, cats, both, or neither?
Back in March I published this study of pet preferences and human psychology: Kirkegaard, E. O. (2025). Do You Like Dogs, Cats, Both, or Neither? An Examination of Western Dating…
Proper embryo selection just landed
Today is an exciting day. First, the HHS announced a more open data policy (in the direction of my suggestions), and second and more importantly, a new company just went…
Video: Davide Piffer and I talk about ancient genomics, polygenic scores and history
The first of many videos for paid subscribers (on Substack). Actually, this first one will be free, and some later ones may also be free (which I will also post…
Odd sibling RDR results: is the problem measurement error in IBD?
You've probably seen the recent Scott Alexander discussion about heritability, with comments from key players and commentators in the field, but if not: Scott Alexander: Missing Heritability: Much More Than…
People overestimate the size of every minority group
Lot of studies go like this: Now, you can quibble that they used poor estimates of immigrant% that only counted first generation, or those with only foreign citizenship, or in…
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