I think most people are unfamiliar with how the scientific publication and prestige system works. It works like this: Scientists submit papers to journals for publication. This means they start…
Glædelig jul og godt nytår. 🎄🎊 Following my prior post on how to use LibGen (Library Genesis) and Scihub, here's a new post on the most recent tool in the…
I thought this was general knowledge by now, but I still see quite a bit Substacks that are still suffering from this dumb Elon suppression move. Here's the problem: Such…
Steve Sailer tells the story of this figure: Why Is the Ratio of Black Incarceration to White Incarceration Worse in Higher Social Classes? He muses: Why does the black-to-white ratio…
Metaculus: Will Marine Le Pen win the 2022 French presidential election? Will Emmanuel Macron be re-elected as President of France in the 2022 Presidential Election? So let's try! Let's time…
So you've probably seen the midwit meme about COVID vaccine skepticism: The data given to back this one up is this survey: Now you might be tempted to question some…
Back in 2010, Norwegian comedian Harald Eia made a rather extraordinary science documentary series called Hjernevask, or Brainwash in English. The series consists of Harald himself talking to various gender…
It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena. (William Whewell, 1840) No one has done more in recent years to spread…
Backstabber Brennan AKA Topher Brennan (@TopherTBrennan) is some guy you wish you aren't friends with. Nor even a casual email acquaintance. In an already deleted email thread that was luckily…
Prior results: 2019 Personal genomics company 23andme has a new preprint out describing their current approach and results: Durand, E. Y., Do, C. B., Wilton, P. R., Mountain, J. L.,…