Systematic approaches to learning work better than haphazard ones, probably
May be another case of a zombie idea: one that keeps being refuted only to come back under another term, and then await refutation for 10-20 years. It is also…
Nisbett’s 2009 book on Intelligence: reviews
Nisbett's 2009 book on intelligence, Intelligence and how to get it, is a goldmine of stupid claims that one can quote-mine for introduction and discussion sections of papers. For instance,…
How to do a meta-analysis of Black-White IQ gap
https://twitter.com/HoustonEuler/status/837894199814955008 There's been some talk about whether the SIRE (self-identified race/ethnicity) gaps are closing and if so how much and when they did that. The matter is complicated for many…
Teaching kids philosophy to boost their abilities in other areas?
Disclaimer: I only took a brief look. Doing the reading and writing this post took maybe 30 minutes. I may have missed something, but unlikely it would have a major…
Some genomics papers I read recently
Doing some background reading on genomics topics such as: Cross-population predictive validity of genomic scores (polygenic scores). LD-decay. Causal variant tagging / distribution of causal variants / genetic architecture. Admixture…
Captain Obvious Science
In many ways, my science -- and my colleagues' science -- generally involves collecting evidence for obvious hypotheses that are mainly denied by leftist-leaning people (more precisely, egalitarian). Here's a…
Exercise for depression? Evaluating publication bias in Schuch et al 2016
Wrote a new re-analysis for another meta-analysis of exercise for depression. Found good evidence of publication bias again. Unclear what the effect size really is, but my posterior 95% range…
Trivers-Willard in humans?
In evolutionary biology, there is a hypothesis about sex ratios: Trivers-Williard hypothesis. It has been noted that males have higher dispersion in their fertility than females have, a finding that…
Do music genres exist? An outline of an empirical approach
I don't have time to do this project right now. However, since I gathered a bunch of relevant resources that I don't want to have to re-find, I will write…
Cold winter theory in non-human animals
Disclaimer: I did not read Rushton's seminal book on the topic. I was only first recently able to obtain a complete electronic copy (i.e. not abridged version). I did in…
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