The Bell Curve

Which occupation are you?

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:27. June 2023
Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics Economics intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability Sociology

About a month ago this very interesting paper was published: Wolfram, T. (2023). (Not just) Intelligence stratifies the occupational hierarchy: Ranking 360 professions by IQ and non-cognitive traits. Intelligence, 98,…

What are the most important human biodiversity books?

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:26. June 2023
Post category:Science

Yesterday I ran a survey on Twitter asking people to rate 49 human biodiversity books for importance. Human biodiversity here used in the broad sense of any study of biological…

The thick end of The Bell Curve

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:10. January 2023
Post category:Book review History intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Adrian Wooldridge is currently popular with his book The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World (2021). I read the book a while ago, but forgot to do…

Expert assessment of The Bell Curve

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:5. April 2020
Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

The Bell Curve (TBC) was widely criticized in the media. This is to be expected since the media are left-wing, and left-wingers hate HBD related content. What did the experts…