On Jewish intelligence
Ah, yes, the perennial Jewish question. Historically, the Jewish question was what to do with the Jews from the perspective of those running countries: tolerate, integrate, convert, expel, or exterminate?…
Can’t say parasites causes low IQ either
Ever since Richard Lynn started compiling national intelligence averages (national IQs), there has been egalitarian minded researchers using these to find evidence of non-genetic causes of group differences. One frequently…
Did high IQs protect top Nazis at Nuremberg?
The Nazis famously carried out a number of atrocities involving the populations under their dominion. Most famously, this involved the mass murders of Jews in Europe, but quite a number…
Within vs. between group correlations
Let's think about causality and group-level comparisons. Here I mean any type of group, whether nations, sub-national divisions (states, regions, provinces, communes), religious classifications, races, or any other grouping. Sometimes…
Is ability to read minds an aspect of general intelligence?
You have maybe seen this test making the rounds on Twitter: It's called the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task (RMET). The subject is given 36 such grey-tone images…
So you want a shorter test
There are 1000s of tests, scales, and assessments that have been made in the social sciences and in life in general. Sometimes, these are far too long. Take, for instance,…
The taboo hierarchy
What is a taboo? Well, the dictionaries tell us (according to GPT4): Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003): "A prohibition imposed by social custom or as a protective measure." Oxford…
The eugenic effect of religiousness confirmed
Some time ago, Ed Dutton and I published a study showing that in the USA, being a member of the Mormon club seems to protect one against having a dysgenic…
Why are there so few women and Blacks in some fields? And so many Asians?
Joseph Bronski and I have a new study out: Bronski, J., & Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2024). Diversity in STEM: Merit or Discrimination via Inaccurate Stereotype? OpenPsych, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.26775/OP.2024.03.05 Leslie…
What do ancient genomes show about recent human evolution?
Davide Piffer and I have a new study out: Piffer, D., & Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2024). Evolutionary Trends of Polygenic Scores in European Populations From the Paleolithic to Modern…
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