Review: Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking) (Christian Rudder)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21480734-dataclysm http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=9d2c0744b6bcce6ec9e67625125244a8 This good is based on the popular but discontinued OKTrends blog, but now apparently active again becus of the book release. There is some more info in the…

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Review: G Is for Genes: The Impact of Genetics on Education and Achievement (Kathryn Asbury, Robert Plomin)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17015094-g-is-for-genes http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=97ac0ec914522d3c888679e9c02291c6 So i kept finding references to this book in papers, so i decided to read it. It is a quick read introducing behavior genetics and the results from…

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Review: Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them (Joshua D. Greene)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17707599-moral-tribes http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=08a6526a7a706c4ae5f5aa7543ffc702 Years ago when i used to study filosofy, i came across Joshua's website. On the site i found his phd thesis which i read. It is probably the…

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New paper out: The international general socioeconomic factor: Factor analyzing international rankings

http://openpsych.net/ODP/2014/09/the-international-general-socioeconomic-factor-factor-analyzing-international-rankings/ Abstract Many studies have examined the correlations between national IQs and various country-level indexes of well-being. The analyses have been unsystematic and not gathered in one single analysis or…

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Review: Understanding human history (Michael H. Hart)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1737823.Understanding_Human_History http://gen.lib.rus.ec/search.php?req=Understanding+Human+History&open=0&view=simple&column=def I think Elijah mentioned this book somewhere. I can't find where. The basic idea of the book is to write a history book that does take known population…

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