Book review: Why Trust Science? (Naomi Oreskes)
So why trust science? I would say I am a proud supporter of scientism, crude versions aside. Naomi Oreskes is a prominent science historian who mostly writes history books attacking…
Who’s afraid of the big bad data?
Before the advent of internet blogging and stuff, there was an email list of people interested in race and stuff. Steve Sailer was there, Charles Murray, Phil Rushton, and others.…
Meta-compilation of HBD related materials
Sometimes I get asked for compilations. There are some! I made this compilation of compilations in November 2020 in reply to an email. I guess I never posted it for…
Book review: Kevin Mitchell’s Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are (2018)
This is a pretty good book. It covers a lot of basics, and gets almost everything right. Twins, adoptees, genomics are given ample attention. Mitchell is very interesting in developmental…
New paper out: Country of Origin IQ and Muslim Percentage Predict Grade Point Average in School among 116 Immigrant Groups in Denmark
Kirkegaard, E. O. W., & Fedorov, J. (2021). Country of Origin IQ and Muslim Percentage Predict Grade Point Average in School among 116 Immigrant Groups in Denmark. Mankind Quarterly, 61(3).…
Different researchers, same dataset and questions: what happens?
A new preprint is out on a massive many teams study. In this design, a single dataset (or database) is given to a bunch of researchers, and they are asked…
“the claim (of substantial difference in mean) is currently not based on strong evidence”
https://twitter.com/Scientific_Bird/status/1379100080863649807 This kind of claim is very common, even among people who explicitly reject blank slatism. It is odd because there are such results around, and they have been around…
New video out: Country Well-Being: National IQ Vs. Time Preference
The companion video for the paper, published back in December https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5OjZ2BK99Q
“Genes, Brains, and Intelligence: What’s New?” in AmRen
Jared asked me if I wanted to summarize recent work in the field, based on a new review article by Ian Deary, Simon R. Cox & W. David Hill. Well,…
Long form interview in The Postil Magazine
Gregoire Canlorbe has been kind enough to interview me. It went deep into many topics! Hope you enjoy. The Postil Magazine: Neo-Positive Realism: A Discussion With Emil O.W. Kirkegaard Title…
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