Probably the most common objection to studies of polygenic scores for education/intelligence for race differences is that the polygenic scores are less valid for non-European populations. For instance, here's a…
It is sometimes said that as long as we accept the various group differences in society, it doesn't matter what the etiology really is. For instance, here's Richard Hanania: https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1688213682998931456…
In discussion of my recent book review of The Past is a Future Country: The Coming Conservative Demographic Revolution, J.O.A. Rayner-Hilles questioned whether embryo selection could really become powerful enough…
We have a new study out: Piffer, D., Dutton, E., & Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2023). Intelligence Trends in Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of Roman Polygenic Scores. OpenPsych,…
Together with Sebastian Jensen, I have a new paper out: Jensen, S., & Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2023). Honesty, Intelligence, and Race. OpenPsych, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.26775/OP.2023.07.17 Research shows that honesty correlates…
Richard Lynn passed away a few days ago in his sleep. His health had been in decline for some time, so his passing was expected. Still, it offers us a…
Suppose you want to measure how well a country is doing. If you're an economist you will be immediately reaching for your trusted variant of the GDP per capita metric.…
About a month ago this very interesting paper was published: Wolfram, T. (2023). (Not just) Intelligence stratifies the occupational hierarchy: Ranking 360 professions by IQ and non-cognitive traits. Intelligence, 98,…
Back in 2021, Russell Warne wrote a nice summary article about race differences in intelligence: Warne, R. T. (2021). Between-group mean differences in intelligence in the United States are> 0%…
Richard Hanania has a new post out: Diversity Really is Our Strength. (Noah Carl has a reply here, and Seb Jensen has a reply here) His piece is part-troll, part-serious…