Geoffrey Miller
Psychology professor; wrote The Mating Mind, Spent, Mate, & Virtue Signaling. Agnostic centrist into evolution, sex, sentience, freedom & future.
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NASA Discovers a Rare Metal Asteroid That’s Worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000
Unlike most asteroids that are either rocky or icy, Psyche is made almost entirely of iron and nickel.
Geoffrey Miller
An asteroid the size of West Virginia that's made of iron & nickel is worth ten quintillion dollars!*
*terms & conditions may apply, including laws of supply and demand, & place utility issues.
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The partisan marriage gap is bigger than ever
If interracial marriages are a barometer for racial relations in the U.S., inter-political marriages reflect how polarized we are today.
Evaluating the quality of evidence for gaming disorder: A summary of systematic reviews of associations between gaming disorder and depression or anxiety
Gaming disorder has been described as an urgent public health problem and has garnered many systematic reviews of its associations with other health conditions. However, review methodology can contribute to bias in the conclusions, leading to...
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Do 'addictive' video games cause depression & anxiety?
We don't know yet. New meta-review shows there's almost no high-quality, unbiased evidence for the existence of 'gaming disorder'.
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New special issue of 'Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences' journal on the future of evolutionary psychology.
Articles by @GadSaad, @lbetzig, @ProfDavidBuss, @profjmb, @sarahehillphd, @CatherineSalmon, etc.
No paywalls; free access.
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8 predictions for the world in 2030
From the death of shopping to the rise of the nation state, experts reflect on what lies ahead.
The Powder Keg Index And The Election From Hell
Two researchers claim that a single number they call the “political stress indicator” can warn when societies are at risk of erupting into violence. It’s spiking in the US, just like it did before the Civil War.
Weekly Non-Fiction Reading List 10.26.20
I’ve been on a reading rampage this week. According to my screen time, I spent over 48 hours reading this last week, which is more than…
There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written
Some of the bowhead whales in the icy waters off of Alaska today are over 200 years old
Facebook Demands Shutdown of Research Project Into Its Targeting of Political Ads - Slashdot
"Facebook Inc. is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad targeting practices," reports the Wall Street Journal, "setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform without the...
The left-wing bias of Wikipedia | Shuichi Tezuka and Linda A. Ashtear | The Critic Magazine
Wikipedia is the most widely used source of information in the world, and a great deal has been written about its impact on public perception of certain topics. Wikipedia shapes both scientific…
How Cancel Culture captured campus - UnHerd
The philosophical origins of the Woke ideology are analysed in two new books
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Poll: Americans under 40 favor major political reforms
Americans under 40 largely favor major political reforms, finds a new survey. The poll revealed that most would want to expand the Supreme Court, impose terms limits and make it easier to vote. Millennials are more liberal and reform-centered than...
Evolutionary Psychology: Predictively Powerful or Riddled with Just-So Stories? - Areo
This essay is part of a series on the value of evolutionary approaches to psychology. Part 1 clears away seven key misconceptions. Part 2 shows why evolution is necessary for…View Post