Do you hate Python’s range() and want to use R’s seq()?
I do. So I implemented R's function in Python. I wrote a bunch of tests for this for most uses I could think of and they all work. Except the…
On crackpottery (or why I don’t think I’m a pseudoscientist)
This post is unusually blunt because the topic concerns some rather serious criticism leveled against me. This necessitates replying with some facts that I've used for self-assessment purposes. In case…
Comments about my interview with Thinking Ape (2017-04-06)
Just a quick post to summarize or reference the evidence for various claims and mistakes I made. The interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttzqXeX2hjw Previous interview with Tara McCarthy I should have done a…
Strong publication bias in early intervention studies
I apparently did not post this one on the blog, only on Twitter. Or at least, I can't find it. Here's the analysis: http://rpubs.com/EmilOWK/pub_bias_early_intervention Figures
Another calibration test
See also previous results. I stumbled upon another calibration test: http://calibratedprobabilityassessment.org/ This one is almost entirely based on distances between US cities. I don't even know where all the states…
What exactly is Human Biodiversity? – Personal view
There seems to be some disagreement about what the term human biodiversity covers. I'll be reaching out to the prototypical HBD people to ask what they think. However, my own…
Criticism of me and my research on SlateStarCodex’s subreddit
On the commentariat here, and why I don't think I can be associated with this community, despite liking the blog. My reply, as found in the comments. Most of it…
A fifth law of behavioral genetics?
First we had 3 laws, then a 4th. I'll propose a 5th: All human behavioral traits are heritable. The effect of being raised in the same family is smaller than…
Is miscegenation bad for your kids?
Generally my stance is that people should date/mate who they want. Furthermore, I don't personally care much about this question or the future survival of statistical clusters (races). Asserting that…
Lord Kelvin on quantification and scientific knowledge
Being annoyed by some of the usual qualitative drivel masquerading as science (see almost any tweet by @RealPeerReview), I was moved to make a nice background/poster. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Thomson A slide from…
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