Will Gervais
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Chatter about academic publishing, condensed for easy reference:- Why didn't the Action Editor reject this garbage paper I got assigned?- I can't believe that Action Editor desk rejected my paper.
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I read this paper and it seemed like a lot of swing-for-the-fences evo conjecture and speculation, rather than much in terms of settled science.I'm grateful to Carl Bergstrom for sharing
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Recent Psych Science paper used national IQ to predict some stuff:I ran some simple probability calculations and the measure they used says that 43% of Africans are mentally retarded (IQ
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A while ago a prominent reformer referred to calls for diversity and inclusive language as "bullshit." Another referenced the inherent tradeoffs one must make between rigor and diversity in science.
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Honest question: is there any evidence that evolutionary psychology is more replicable than non-evo work?https://twitter.com/primalpoly/status/1246820163527172096 To expand, and make sure it’s clear I’m not piling ev psych, as can happen,
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