@felipolmos.bsky.social
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After an investigation which took >2 years, the journal Cross Cultural Research has retracted a paper which used Lynn's "national IQ" database, on the grounds that "Post-publication review raised serious concerns about the validity of the data & the article findings"
Retraction: Likely Electromagnetic Foundations of Gender Inequality, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
After an investigation which took >2 years, the journal Cross Cultural Research has retracted a paper which used Lynn's "national IQ" database, on the grounds that "Post-publication review raised serious concerns about the validity of the data & the article findings"
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🚨 Excited to share a new paper 📃, years in the making, with Zach Wood.
We propose that human evolution is characterized as an Evolutionary Transition in Inheritance and Individuality (ETII).
Explainer and OA paper below:
We propose that human evolution is characterized as an Evolutionary Transition in Inheritance and Individuality (ETII).
Explainer and OA paper below:
September 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🚨 Excited to share a new paper 📃, years in the making, with Zach Wood.
We propose that human evolution is characterized as an Evolutionary Transition in Inheritance and Individuality (ETII).
Explainer and OA paper below:
We propose that human evolution is characterized as an Evolutionary Transition in Inheritance and Individuality (ETII).
Explainer and OA paper below:
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Part of reading comprehension is understanding when a post is not directed at you and doesn't actually need your input. This is a part a lot of people seem to struggle with.
October 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Part of reading comprehension is understanding when a post is not directed at you and doesn't actually need your input. This is a part a lot of people seem to struggle with.
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Fun bet on scientific prediction :)
Take-home message resonates well with ideas in #culturalevolution and #developmentalpsychology, mental skills take time to learn, need social input, & they don't mature spontaneously. Challenging to pinpoint their genetics.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Take-home message resonates well with ideas in #culturalevolution and #developmentalpsychology, mental skills take time to learn, need social input, & they don't mature spontaneously. Challenging to pinpoint their genetics.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Your Genes Are Simply Not Enough to Explain How Smart You Are
Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Fun bet on scientific prediction :)
Take-home message resonates well with ideas in #culturalevolution and #developmentalpsychology, mental skills take time to learn, need social input, & they don't mature spontaneously. Challenging to pinpoint their genetics.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Take-home message resonates well with ideas in #culturalevolution and #developmentalpsychology, mental skills take time to learn, need social input, & they don't mature spontaneously. Challenging to pinpoint their genetics.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Today is the ‼️last‼️ day to register for the Culture Conference 2025.
Attendance is FREE.
Don’t miss out 🙌
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culture-conference.com/registration/
Attendance is FREE.
Don’t miss out 🙌
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culture-conference.com/registration/
Registration
Deadline: 14/02/2025 (or until full capacity) Registration for the Culture Conference 2025 at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands on February 27th and 28th is now open! Registration is FRE…
culture-conference.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Today is the ‼️last‼️ day to register for the Culture Conference 2025.
Attendance is FREE.
Don’t miss out 🙌
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culture-conference.com/registration/
Attendance is FREE.
Don’t miss out 🙌
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culture-conference.com/registration/
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Comunicado de la sección sindical de CGT-CSVI en UBISOFT BARCELONA
February 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Comunicado de la sección sindical de CGT-CSVI en UBISOFT BARCELONA
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Musk killed these people.
February 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Musk killed these people.
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Came across a fun bit of marginalia from Darwin’s personal library:
In a copy of “Principles of Geology”, Lyell argues that animal varieties can change over time, but never deviate enough to form new species.
“If this were true,” Darwin scrawls in the margin, “adios theory”.
In a copy of “Principles of Geology”, Lyell argues that animal varieties can change over time, but never deviate enough to form new species.
“If this were true,” Darwin scrawls in the margin, “adios theory”.
January 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Came across a fun bit of marginalia from Darwin’s personal library:
In a copy of “Principles of Geology”, Lyell argues that animal varieties can change over time, but never deviate enough to form new species.
“If this were true,” Darwin scrawls in the margin, “adios theory”.
In a copy of “Principles of Geology”, Lyell argues that animal varieties can change over time, but never deviate enough to form new species.
“If this were true,” Darwin scrawls in the margin, “adios theory”.
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I fear there is deep truth here.
January 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I fear there is deep truth here.
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"Why do you write fantasy?"
Because the magic parts aren't the actual magic. They're just a way to connect to something deeper inside all of us.
Because the magic parts aren't the actual magic. They're just a way to connect to something deeper inside all of us.
December 30, 2024 at 1:22 AM
"Why do you write fantasy?"
Because the magic parts aren't the actual magic. They're just a way to connect to something deeper inside all of us.
Because the magic parts aren't the actual magic. They're just a way to connect to something deeper inside all of us.
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An interesting new take on the debate around top-down vs bottom-up formation of institutions.
Do we cooperate because of institutions, or do institutions exist because we cooperate?
In this @pnas.org paper led by @jliep.bsky.social, with @lfitouchi.bsky.social & N. Baumard, we develop a mathematical model that answers this question.
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
In this @pnas.org paper led by @jliep.bsky.social, with @lfitouchi.bsky.social & N. Baumard, we develop a mathematical model that answers this question.
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 18, 2024 at 10:09 AM
An interesting new take on the debate around top-down vs bottom-up formation of institutions.
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New article on how dogs are using their soundboards at home is finally out! Using a large dataset (250K) of button presses by dogs and owners, we show that dogs’ presses are (i) non-accidental, (ii) non-random, and (iii) not mere repetitions of their owners’ presses. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soundboard-trained dogs produce non-accidental, non-random and non-imitative two-button combinations - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Soundboard-trained dogs produce non-accidental, non-random and non-imitative two-button combinations
www.nature.com
December 15, 2024 at 7:01 PM
New article on how dogs are using their soundboards at home is finally out! Using a large dataset (250K) of button presses by dogs and owners, we show that dogs’ presses are (i) non-accidental, (ii) non-random, and (iii) not mere repetitions of their owners’ presses. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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many things saved my life but reading saved me the earliest and the most consistently. and james baldwin absolutely destroyed u fools when he said YOU THINK YOUR PAIN AND YOUR HEARTBREAK ARE UNPRECEDENTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD AND THEN YOU READ
December 10, 2024 at 9:27 PM
many things saved my life but reading saved me the earliest and the most consistently. and james baldwin absolutely destroyed u fools when he said YOU THINK YOUR PAIN AND YOUR HEARTBREAK ARE UNPRECEDENTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD AND THEN YOU READ
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CCE's fearless Director @rebeccasear.bsky.social hardwork is paying off 💪
Elsevier is reviewing the journals publishing papers (as recently as 2023) using Racist scientist Richard Lynn's National IQ dataset 👇
@brunelpsy.bsky.social 🧪
Elsevier is reviewing the journals publishing papers (as recently as 2023) using Racist scientist Richard Lynn's National IQ dataset 👇
@brunelpsy.bsky.social 🧪
Publisher reviews national IQ research by British ‘race scientist’ Richard Lynn
Elsevier investigates journals by scientist who created discredited rankings of countries’ intelligence
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:13 PM
CCE's fearless Director @rebeccasear.bsky.social hardwork is paying off 💪
Elsevier is reviewing the journals publishing papers (as recently as 2023) using Racist scientist Richard Lynn's National IQ dataset 👇
@brunelpsy.bsky.social 🧪
Elsevier is reviewing the journals publishing papers (as recently as 2023) using Racist scientist Richard Lynn's National IQ dataset 👇
@brunelpsy.bsky.social 🧪
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✨Nuevo videito: videojuegos para 2025 que tal vez no conocías.
💫Vídeo completo en: www.instagram.com/reel/DDUsFfg...
💫Vídeo completo en: www.instagram.com/reel/DDUsFfg...
December 8, 2024 at 4:04 PM
✨Nuevo videito: videojuegos para 2025 que tal vez no conocías.
💫Vídeo completo en: www.instagram.com/reel/DDUsFfg...
💫Vídeo completo en: www.instagram.com/reel/DDUsFfg...
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People say large language models are a watershed because, for the first time in human history, we've invented a technology we cannot control - but we haven't been able to control printers for 40 years.
December 7, 2024 at 6:06 PM
People say large language models are a watershed because, for the first time in human history, we've invented a technology we cannot control - but we haven't been able to control printers for 40 years.
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1/ Conventional approaches to modeling unstable or disturbed complex systems often take either a bottom-up or top-down approach. But these unidirectional models can’t capture the interactions between the small-scale behaviors and the system-level properties.
December 6, 2024 at 8:00 PM
1/ Conventional approaches to modeling unstable or disturbed complex systems often take either a bottom-up or top-down approach. But these unidirectional models can’t capture the interactions between the small-scale behaviors and the system-level properties.
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Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
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In a changing environment, organisms that can respond quickly have an advantage — to a point. Reacting too quickly can mean wasting time and energy. A recent paper out of SFI and @csh.ac.at derives a scaling law to show the optimal learning rate in a changing environment.
santafe.edu/news-center/...
santafe.edu/news-center/...
December 4, 2024 at 7:51 PM
In a changing environment, organisms that can respond quickly have an advantage — to a point. Reacting too quickly can mean wasting time and energy. A recent paper out of SFI and @csh.ac.at derives a scaling law to show the optimal learning rate in a changing environment.
santafe.edu/news-center/...
santafe.edu/news-center/...
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I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!