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The benefits of marriage

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:13. February 2025
  • Post category:Criminology/Differential psychology/psychometrics

If we have to name the single largest problem with social science in itself it is that of confounding (in real-life social science, the bigger issue is probably statistical cheating…

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Read more about the article Why are female intellectuals crazy?

Why are female intellectuals crazy?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:12. February 2025
  • Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics/Political science/Psychiatry

I have a speculative model of sex differences among people with extreme beliefs. Here I just mean extreme in the sense of statistically uncommon, say, being a full-blown libertarian, HBD…

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Read more about the article Women’s neuroticism, relationships, and fertility

Women’s neuroticism, relationships, and fertility

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:5. February 2025
  • Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics/Genetics / behavioral genetics

There's a few findings that no one seems to have integrated, so this is my attempt. First off, women are higher in neuroticism than men. Neuroticism can generally be described…

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Read more about the article Richard Lynn memorial site

Richard Lynn memorial site

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:4. February 2025
  • Post category:Compilations/Psychology

Were you curious about the actual works by the much maligned Richard Lynn? Fear not, we have a new memorial site up with most of his works accessible. https://richardlynn.net/ This…

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Read more about the article When did NW Europeans become WEIRD? Not from lack of inbreeding

When did NW Europeans become WEIRD? Not from lack of inbreeding

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:29. January 2025
  • Post category:Genomics/History/Psychology

Joseph Henrich published two books based on the Hajnal line or WEIRD (Western Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) personality cluster idea (The Secret of Our Success 2016; The WEIRDest People in…

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Read more about the article On genocide and the worst modern ideology

On genocide and the worst modern ideology

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. January 2025
  • Post category:Politics/Psychology/Sociology

Some time ago I read Bradley Campbell's The Geometry of Genocide: A Study in Pure Sociology. Like his other books, it's short, to the point, and well worth reading. First,…

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Read more about the article The racism of teachers

The racism of teachers

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:21. January 2025
  • Post category:Education/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Social psychology

This is the 1601st post on this blog since 2007 (I regret not seeing the counter was at 1599 yesterday!). That's kinda crazy to think about. In about 2.5 years…

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Danish women also don’t like nuclear power

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:20. January 2025
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Political science

Here's a fun analysis I did as a side-project. I have a dataset of ~620 Danes who took a long vocabulary test, as well as answered 30 political questions. One…

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Read more about the article The mirror self-recognition test as an intelligence test among humans

The mirror self-recognition test as an intelligence test among humans

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:19. January 2025
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Recently, there has been much talk about national IQs, again. Here's the recent significant writings: Jan. 13. Lyman Stone has a reply to my piece on within vs. between dysgenics.…

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Read more about the article Dysgenics: within and between

Dysgenics: within and between

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. January 2025
  • Post category:Genetics / behavioral genetics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Lyman Stone has a new post over at Institute for Family Studies: Are We Headed Towards ‘Idiocracy’? A Look at ‘Dysgenic Fertility’. His main point is that the strength of…

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