Do you like dogs, cats, both, or neither?
Back in March I published this study of pet preferences and human psychology: Kirkegaard, E. O. (2025). Do You Like Dogs, Cats, Both, or Neither? An Examination of Western Dating…
Back in March I published this study of pet preferences and human psychology: Kirkegaard, E. O. (2025). Do You Like Dogs, Cats, Both, or Neither? An Examination of Western Dating…
Today is an exciting day. First, the HHS announced a more open data policy (in the direction of my suggestions), and second and more importantly, a new company just went…
The first of many videos for paid subscribers (on Substack). Actually, this first one will be free, and some later ones may also be free (which I will also post…
You've probably seen the recent Scott Alexander discussion about heritability, with comments from key players and commentators in the field, but if not: Scott Alexander: Missing Heritability: Much More Than…
As Noah Carl covered at Aporia in December 2024, the old Intelligence journal experienced a hostile takeover by Elsevier and their woke academic friends. As a result, most of the…
I've been reading old writings recently, which is why I was posting about Terman's views. Some years ago, I heard about the book called The Intelligence Men: Makers of the…
I've been reading through some old papers and stumbled across an exchange between journalist Walter Lippmann and Lewis Terman in 1922 (original). Unfortunately, I wasn't fast enough to convert my…
Since discussing heritability estimates is all the rage, with Seb Jensen producing a new meta-analysis, and Scott Alexander providing a great review (which was somehow praised by both sides since…
We just published a new article: Jensen, S., & Kirkegaard, E. (2025). Stereotypes of the Intelligence of Nations. Comparative Sociology, 24(2), 272-295. https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-bja10134 The authors surveyed a nationally representative sample…
Back in March I published this study: Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2025). Does intelligence have nonlinear effects on political opinions? OpenPsych, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.26775/OP.2025.03.24 We sought to study intelligence’s relationship with…