Understanding that race realism meme
A few days ago I posted this deboonker meme on Twitter: I guess it got reposted somewhere by some woke people, since my feed has been filled with dumb replies…
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…
Species genetic variation and number of subspecies/races/breeds/breeding populations/clusters etc.
A straightforward research idea: Compare the recognized count of subspecies (races/breeds/breeding populations/clusters etc.) with measures of genetic variation. The most obvious is the Fst but it's not an optimal metric.…
Death by affirmative action: race quotas in medicine
See also previous 2017 post. I have been repeatedly asked about this topic, so here is a post that covers the basics. The argument goes like this: Affirmation action is…
Lewontin’s famous 1972 book chapter
Few people actually read this, which is a shame because the science is interesting for historical purposes, and the fulltext of his famous fallacy is rarely read. I believe this…
Large scale sex, race etc. discrimination studies: what do they show?
Given enough motivation, QRPs, biased reviewing and time, one can build an entire literature of studies proving anything. There's plenty of all of these to prove left-wing ideological beliefs (and…
New paper out: Admixture in Argentina (with John Fuerst)
We have a new big paper out: Kirkegaard, E. O. W., & Fuerst, J. (2017). Admixture in Argentina. Mankind Quarterly, 57(4). Retrieved from http://mankindquarterly.org/archive/issue/57-4/4 Abstract Analyses of the relationships between…
The race and intelligence question is solvable
In reply to: http://nautil.us/issue/48/chaos/what-both-the-left-and-right-get-wrong-about-race http://www.geneticshumanagency.org/gha/origin-of-race-differences-in-intelligence-is-not-a-scientific-question/ There's a new kind of 'environmentalist' (rather, anti-hereditarian) defense in town, or at least, one that's not commonly seen. It goes like this: This is…
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…
Notes on Steve Hsu’s second interview w/ Daphne Martschenko
Back in January, Steve Hsu did an interview with Daphne Martschenko who is a phd candidate at Cambridge in education. She's basically doing science journalism on behavioral genetics as far…