Skin color and intelligence in Latin America
Skin color (lightness or brightness) has been used as a proxy for genetic ancestry for over 100 years. It works alright in many cases. Take this study (Parra et al…
On having negative knowledge
I'm reading Jason Brennan's 2016 book Against Democracy, actually in favor of votes weighted by competence, which he calls epistocracy. In discussing the very low levels of political knowledge seen…