Geoffrey Miller
Evolutionary psych professor; wrote some books. Mate choice, sexual politics, Effective Altruism, freedom. Most tweets are ironic & don't reflect anyone's views
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Think Professors Are Liberal? Try School Administrators
The ideological bent of those overseeing collegiate life is having the biggest impact on campus culture.
Linda Gottfredson’s Scientific Keynote Cancelled: Why?
Linda Gottfredson, Professor Emerita at the University of Delaware, has been disinvited from giving a keynote talk at the International Association of Educational and Vocational Guidance meeting in Sweden this October. She had accepted the...
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Geoffrey Miller
Linda Gottfredson is one of the best, most careful, and most compassionate researchers on intelligence. I coauthored a couple of papers with her. Canceling her keynote for ideological reasons is shameful.
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The case for abolishing the Supreme Court
A Harvard law professor on whether it’s time to rethink the nation’s highest court.
Do Advocacy Groups Belong in Academia?
A few months ago, The Washington Post published an opinion piece by Suzanna Danuta Walters. Its title was: “Why can’t we hate men?” Walters’s byline, printed before the body of the article, read: Suzanna Danuta Walters, a professor of sociology and...
Parkour Atlas
Atlas does parkour. The control software uses the whole body including legs, arms and torso, to marshal the energy and strength for jumping over the log and ...
I Confronted Mitch McConnell And Interrupted Susan Collins. And I'll Do It Again.
We will not sit down and shut up. We will share our brave, bold vision for this country.
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The Devolution of Social Science
This article has two themes: first, how in “soft” science fields, increased specialization has led to fragmentation, incoherence and, ultimately, nonsense. And second, an example of the process: race and ethnic studies (RES) and the concept of...
'THE GOOD CENSOR': Leaked Google Briefing Admits Abandonment of Free Speech for 'Safety And Civility'
An internal company briefing produced by Google and leaked exclusively to Breitbart News argues that due to a variety of factors, including the election of President Trump, the “American tradition” of free speech on the internet is no longer viable.
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Geoffrey Miller
Leaked Google memo abandons principles of free speech online in favor of a 'European model' that 'favors dignity over liberty and civility over freedom' -- i.e. Google will only allow online whatever Google decides is politically correct.
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Bargaining problem - Wikipedia
Geoffrey Miller
@charlesmurray John Nash even analyzed this with his 'Nash bargaining solution' back in 1950
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Uncovering the complex genetics of human character
Uncovering the complex genetics of human character
NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Geoffrey Miller
Oct 10 is #WorldMentalHealthDay. If you know family or friends struggling with mental health issues, @NAMICommunicate has great resources, publications, training, and support groups.
nami.org pic.twitter.com/seA9U1Jk70
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Confidence in Higher Education Down Since 2015
Americans' confidence in higher education has fallen below the majority level since 2015, from 57% to 48%.
Geoffrey Miller
Americans' confidence in colleges has dropped a lot in the last 3 years, especially among conservatives.
On the upside, higher education is still much more respected than:
banks
big business
unions
public schools
newspapers
TV news
congress
news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup… pic.twitter.com/PqXXuKAUX5
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What skills and experience are most needed in the effective altruism community in 2018?
We survey leaders in the community about what's needed to get more done.
Greening the Earth could fight climate change as efficiently as cutting fossil fuels
Planting trees, revitalizing soil, and other natural environmental actions could prove as effective in fighting climate change as ceasing all use of fossil fuels.