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Read more about the article The content economy on X

The content economy on X

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. April 2025
  • Post category:Economics/Media studies

After Elon Musk acquired Twitter/X, he started monetizing it. There are two types of monetization schemes: 1) subscribers, which work the same way as every other platform (monthly sub, some…

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Read more about the article Bad blog posts and their costs

Bad blog posts and their costs

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:20. April 2025
  • Post category:Freedom of speech/expression/Political science

It's time for another unpopular post, but the principle is right. During human history, there has been a very large number of civil wars, coups, and state collapses due to…

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Read more about the article Military intelligence and racial discrimination

Military intelligence and racial discrimination

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:19. April 2025
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

By now, you've probably heard that the US military, and many other militaries around the world, has some kind of intelligence test that they use for admission. The US even…

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Read more about the article Can we boost fertility with paid leave?

Can we boost fertility with paid leave?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. April 2025
  • Post category:Demographics

In every country some women get pregnant and give birth from time to time, and there is some kind of social support system in place for taking care of the…

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Read more about the article Race and crime in Japan

Race and crime in Japan

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:14. April 2025
  • Post category:Criminology/Immigration

(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…

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Read more about the article Family lore about the German occupation of Denmark 1940-1945

Family lore about the German occupation of Denmark 1940-1945

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:9. April 2025
  • Post category:History/Personal

Today marks the 85th anniversary of Nazi Germany's invasion and occupation of Denmark (9th April 1940-5th May 1945). Denmark wasn't originally a member of the allied forces, but was a…

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Read more about the article Worldwide subnational intelligence estimates

Worldwide subnational intelligence estimates

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:8. April 2025
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

It is already known that intelligence causes social status for persons. There's a very large amount of cross-sectional data, and causal conclusions are derived from various family studies, such as…

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Read more about the article Hanabi strategy and heuristics

Hanabi strategy and heuristics

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:4. April 2025
  • Post category:Games

Hanabi is a very interesting co-op card game. It's one of the very few games that manage to combine low complexity of rules with very high skill ceiling (like chess,…

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Read more about the article My first politically motivated retraction

My first politically motivated retraction

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. March 2025
  • Post category:Personal/Political science/Psychiatry

I finally managed to join the cool kids retraction club. The Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (SJoP) published a paper of ours about wokeness and mental health. I wrote about it…

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Read more about the article The Undark race science summary

The Undark race science summary

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:27. March 2025
  • Post category:Ethics/Genomics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Science

For months, some journalist called Ashley Smart has been emailing me for quotes for some upcoming hit piece. E.g., back form January: Hi Emil, I'm a journalist with Undark Magazine, and…

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