I saw this funny and one might say provocative study: Schahbasi, A., Huber, S., & Fieder, M. (2021). Factors affecting attitudes toward migrants—An evolutionary approach. American Journal of Human Biology,…
You may have seen posts like this: Two explanations are commonly offered: Phones/computers got suddenly more addictive than before (Tiktok-era) COVID was bad for learning. Let's start with the second.…
There is a recurrent feature of the immigration debate that goes like this: Emil: Look at how negative the fiscal contributions of 3rd world migrants are. People: Heh, that's nice,…
I am currently collecting reader questions from paid subscribers. Ask your questions here (or email me at emilowk@proton.me). While we wait for our upcoming Admixture in the Americas 2.0 (maybe…
Aaron has a new short piece on Indian IQ in the USA using the GSS. I decided to replicate this analysis with better methods. The GSS is somewhat of a…
In the last few years, there has been a stark increase in anti-Indian posts. You can surely find your own examples on social media. Because of this, various right-leaning posters…
In the last 10 years, economist Garett Jones has been writing a series of books, a trilogy to be exact: Jones says in the post-script: THIS IS THE FINAL BOOK…
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…
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…
(Guest post by anon.) Many are aware of disparities in crime rates among ethnic and racial groups in Western countries. But what patterns emerge in Japan, a country far from…