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This is true at the global level, and especially in the 3rd world, but not in the developed societies most of us are living in. The Flynn effect reversed sometime in the mid 80s. T…

The bifurcation of response to this is telling. Nobody has free will therefore: -We have an obligation to be kind. -Kindness doesn't 'work' at scale.

Please, by any means necessary, do this. The more we learn about heritability and environment the stronger genetic determinism (at scale) gets. If you are smart and relatively well…

GPS is a passive system. The satellites in orbit emit a constant location and identifier signal perceivable from the ground. A GPS positioning device looks for and reads those sign…

Sure. There's two major baskets: 1. Paternity. Sometimes it's tragic when an otherwise good father learns he's not the father. The truth was very inconvenient to the established na…

Talk to anyone working in genealogy about that exact problem and be ready for hours and hours of stories.

Great discussion. Worrying implications for western society though. If Caplan is right, and the data says he is, the declining birth rate among the wests richest and smartest is a …

The intent is rather irrelevant. DNA and whole-life outcomes have been an extremely contentious conversation, but one that's worth having, and any actor with more data is going to …

It's impossible to cure. The 'ringing' sound people hear isn't actually a sound. It is how the brain processes signals produced by damaged Stereocilia. If the 'ringing' is constant…

You'd have to ask the bill's authors to know for sure. If I had to bet though it was a security thing. They want caste named explicitly because a good deal of Indian immigrants are…

Kinda feels like the author is just talking about productivity as assessed via correlation.

It's because they're only trying to prove a single thing: At scale, perpetually buying into a stock across a period beats mass buying into a stock at any one point in a period wher…

Cool, but how are we going to get there?

When in doubt fall back on ol' reliable: The military industrial complex. Power is the only guarantee.

They consider caste an ethnicity. They likely shot it down because 'caste' carries a very different meaning in American parlance. It mostly relates to wealth and they absolutely DO…

It's also an apt closer for his thoughts on his own space in the history of man. He doesn't grow food. He doesn't produce profound technology. He doesn't save lives. He is entirely…

Somewhat. It's a novelty factor response. If you're not used to hearing background noise then every little thing sort of 'pops'. Individual key clicks sound more distinct, you pay …

It largely does away with the need for a lot of work and thus workers. Don't worry, the coming rise of the welfare dependency state will provide.

Do you have a hard % of certainly you can apply to your estimates in backtested data?

Starting with the price of energy is a great idea. Everyone benefits from cheaper power. That said, it should probably be adjusted to exclude public subsidy as that distorts the tr…

I mean, people are certainly being replaced. Maybe they don't want to be? The conspiracy elements of it are entirely unnecessary.

I've added the USA ones as I had some time between clients. I have some Canadian ones and if memory serves a UK one as well. I will add them shortly.

>Is immigration actually meaningfully impacting party demographics? Yes. I will edit in a few examples from several countries in a moment. It's worth noting, however, that interest…

That kind of presupposes that anger is bad, no? That seems like an assertion more than something that can be proven. Surely it is right to be angry about threats as anger motivates…

The kinds of studies this article is based on are less useful until their findings are disaggregated by both degree and attainment/performance within the degree. How do extremely h…