We have a new big paper out: Kirkegaard, E. O. W., & Fuerst, J. (2017). Admixture in Argentina. Mankind Quarterly, 57(4). Retrieved from http://mankindquarterly.org/archive/issue/57-4/4 Abstract Analyses of the relationships between…
Note: snarky, critical. Happy to be proven wrong. Edit: after writing this, I found some more evidence, but it's not particularly convincing either. CFAR, The Center for Applied Rationality, is…
In reply to: http://nautil.us/issue/48/chaos/what-both-the-left-and-right-get-wrong-about-race http://www.geneticshumanagency.org/gha/origin-of-race-differences-in-intelligence-is-not-a-scientific-question/ There's a new kind of 'environmentalist' (rather, anti-hereditarian) defense in town, or at least, one that's not commonly seen. It goes like this: This is…
Based on: https://gnxp.nofe.me/2017/05/30/ancient-egyptians-black-or-white/ https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15694 Abstract Egypt, located on the isthmus of Africa, is an ideal region to study historical population dynamics due to its geographic location and documented interactions with…
I have been complaining to colleagues about this one for several months. Of the various criticisms of this method, I don't recall one pointing out this problem. I don't have…
In reply to: Scott Alexander's Learning To Love Scientific Consensus. Actually, I have planned (in my mind) a somewhat longer post on my take on the 'correct contrarian cluster', or…
https://twitter.com/timothycbates/status/852778717411659776 Humans have stereotypes, that is, they hold beliefs about groups of people. When examined, these beliefs tend to reflect reality quite well, sometimes very well (for review, see Jussim's…
Just a quick post to summarize or reference the evidence for various claims and mistakes I made. The interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttzqXeX2hjw Previous interview with Tara McCarthy I should have done a…
On the commentariat here, and why I don't think I can be associated with this community, despite liking the blog. My reply, as found in the comments. Most of it…
Because I hate seeing solid contributions go unnoticed. Few remember Barbara Stoddard Burks for the early pioneer of behavioral genetics she was. She doesn't even have a Wikipedia article. I…