Newest results on the sex difference in intelligence
Richard Lynn noted a 'paradox' or incongruency many years ago (1994): A paradox concerning sex differences in intelligence and brain size has recently been noted by Ankney (1992) and Rushton…
Good science on national IQs
Shae Mclaughlin (SM) has a new blogpost attacking national IQs. I thought it would be suitable to provide the usual rebuttal since I don't see any such post yet. She…
What is scientific racism really?
I said it was the last reminder, but I was inspired to write this post first, so if you haven't yet, you can still participate in the 2025 reader survey.…
Richard Lynn memorial site
Were you curious about the actual works by the much maligned Richard Lynn? Fear not, we have a new memorial site up with most of his works accessible. https://richardlynn.net/ This…
Eulogy for Richard Lynn (1930-2023)
Richard Lynn passed away a few days ago in his sleep. His health had been in decline for some time, so his passing was expected. Still, it offers us a…
African IQs without African IQs: it’s complicated
Noah Carl has recently written about the African IQs debate, basically defending the usual numbers. Aside from arguing that the data are good enough to use, though obviously not perfect,…
Italian north-south genetic differences confirmed
Davide Piffer and Richard Lynn has a new study out: Piffer, D., & Lynn, R. (2022). In Italy, North-South Differences in Student Performance Are Mirrored by Differences in Polygenic Scores…
“the claim (of substantial difference in mean) is currently not based on strong evidence”
https://twitter.com/Scientific_Bird/status/1379100080863649807 This kind of claim is very common, even among people who explicitly reject blank slatism. It is odd because there are such results around, and they have been around…
New paper out: book review of Lynn and Becker’s The Intelligence of Nations (2019)
Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2019). Solid numbers, missed opportunities: Review of The intelligence of nations. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000181 ResearchGate I was asked to review this new book written by…
Thou shall not cite Richard Lynn
Thou should in fact basically copy his work, and then publish it in The Lancet, and then not cite him, or Heiner Rindermann, or David Becker, or Gerhard Meisenberg --…