Book review: What We Owe the Future, 2022, by William MacAskill
While I am no longer the philosophy blogger I once was, I do occasionally read philosophy that's got something to do with science. I saw some references to this book…
In Sweden, talking about race and intelligence will get you a fine
I have somehow not heard of this case, but there's an ongoing case in Sweden where a 80-ish year old man, Bertil Malmberg, talked about the intelligence of nations, specifically…
Who’s attacking Asians in USA? The perennial push to hide crime statistics
NBC: PBS: There's an endless number of govt and semi-govt websites already: Main non-profit: https://stopaapihate.org/ NYC government: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cchr/community/stop-asian-hate.page United Nations: https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2022/03/if-we-stay-silent-violence-continues Of course, the conservatives are on the defensive in…
New paper out: The Intelligence Gap between Black and White Survey Workers on the Prolific Platform
This one was overshadowed by the more important paper on economic growth that I wrote about in the prior post. Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2022). The Intelligence Gap between Black…
National intelligence really is the best predictor of economic growth
This is the sister post to the one on Anglo Reaction’s Substack. We published a new paper of high significance, and we didn’t agree about how to summarize it for…
Social status bias in science: a dissident perspective
Let me tell you a story about science. (Deep breath) Once upon a time there was no peer review in science. Instead, the editor made his own comments and edits,…
Nathaniel Weyl: collected works
Nathanial Weyl was a very interesting chap. Wikipedia says: Nathaniel Weyl (July 20, 1910 – April 13, 2005) was an American economist and author who wrote on a variety of…
Older fathers bad, paternal age effects vindicated?
Since the 1930s, people are getting older and older before having children, as the importance of careers and education to people seems to increase without stop. As older people are…
Who’s prejudiced? Who’s a conspiracy theorist? Sampling bias in social science
You have no doubt heard that conservatives are more prejudiced and just generally stupid than leftists. For instance, LiveScience in 2012: And in 2017 Vox talks openly about how all…
The persistent denial of the intelligence meritocracy: Gary Marks
Gark N. Marks has a new review article out. And it doesn't pull punches! Marks, G. N. (2022). Cognitive ability has powerful, widespread and robust effects on social stratification: Evidence…
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