Scoring my forecasts for 2021 — unofficial Metaculus superforecaster?
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…
2021 in books
Goodreads is a near-essential tool for keeping track of what you are reading and what you want to read next. Also useful for sharing your opinion about books in case…
New paper out: Genetic ancestry and social race are nearly interchangeable
I've got a new paper out of some nontrivial interest to many. Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2021). New paper out: Genetic ancestry and social race are nearly interchangeable. OpenPsych It…
Harvard’s half-meritocracy
Many people are aware that American universities practice something called affirmative action. Really, this just means a kind of reverse racism that was instituted during the 1960s cultural takeover (or…
Exercise for depression: the evidence does not support this treatment
I've written about this before (in 2014, and in 2017), but due to popular demand, we cover it again. The topic is very important because depression is perhaps the most…
Heritabilities are usually underestimated
When we read popular books by leading authors, we often find statements like this: Since the 1960s scientists conducting long-term studies on special relatives like twins and adoptees have built…
Wealth gains and IQ gains since Ron Unz’ 2012 post
In 2012, Ron Unz (of Unz.com) wrote a long article with the title Race, IQ, and Wealth published in The American Conservative (follow-up also in 2012 Race/IQ: Irish IQ &…
In favor of race science
What shall we call the study of human races? I mean, in a sense, this is part of anthropology, the study of man, which would include the varieties of man…
Woke behavioral geneticists
Book review of The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality by Kathryn Paige Harden. Most people know about the top woke biologists of the past. I am of…
Testosterone battles
Back in October Razib Khan had Carole Hooven on his podcast. She's the author of a new popsci book on testosterone: T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates…
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