Are u very smart and want a free genome sequencing?
... in that case u might want to check out: https://www.cog-genomics.org/volunteer/ Credit goes to infoproc for making me aware of this. It is good to see that someone serious is…
Something about rationality
I recently stumbled upon this profile on OKCupid (her profile, my profile). She is obviously a very bright person and well-read as well. So prominent that i shud have heard…
Acceptance of evo psych claims and evolution – negative correlation?
GeneExpression has brought some interesting data to my knowledge. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/05/h-allen-orr-most-influential-evolutionary-biologist-of-all-time/ http://www.epjournal.net/blog/2011/05/are-creationists-more-receptive-to-evolutionary-psychology-2/ It seems that people who reject evolution are more likely to accept claims made by evo psych (even…
Thoughts about Diablo 3
I was going to write some criticism of this game. It is not that bad, it's a good game, but Blizzard made so many unforgivable (becus it's Blizzard) mistakes, that…
Duolingo
http://duolingo.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duolingo "Duolingo is a free language-learning website and crowdsourced text translation platform. The service is designed so that as users progress through the lessons, they simultaneously help to translate…
Thoughts about: Criminology (11th ed., Siegel)
I never got thru the entire book. It is simply too boring, so i lack motivation to continue. However, here are my thoughts about the first ~200 pages, about a…
Reading material about: evidence-based policy
First read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence-based_policy Then, Mad Cows and Ecstasy: Chance and Choice in an Evidence-Based Society by: Adrian F. M. Smith Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in…
Some thoughts about Richard Lynn
http://racialreality.blogspot.com/2010/03/richard-lynn-on-italian-iq.html Apparently sometimes either a sloppy or an intellectually dishonest writer. Check the links about manipulating data, and the cases of choice with samples seems doubtful. Still, there is no…
Dunning Kruger effect, again
It came to my attention that some other scientists had challenged the interpretation of Dunning Kruger. I read some abstracts. The challenge is legit. I then proceeded to look for…
Wiki links of interest
(got the idea from this guy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formicophilia Formicophilia, a form of zoophilia, is the sexual interest in being crawled upon or nibbled by small insects, such as ants.[1][2] This paraphilia…
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