Friday, March 10, 2023

The COVID-19 epidemic is accompanied by substantially and significantly lower intelligence test scores

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Breit M, Scherrer V, Blickle J, Preckel F (2023) Students’ intelligence test results after six and sixteen months of irregular schooling due...

Contrary to the cliché widespread among intellectuals of ordinary people as easily deceived simpletons, humans have an evolutionary rooted distrust of what others say., of all things, this "epistemic vigilance" may be the foundation for delusions

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Delusions as Epistemic Hypervigilance. Ryan McKay, Hugo Mercier. Current Directions in Psychological Science, March 8, 2023. https://doi.org...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

There is a positive relationship between intelligence and survival; intelligence is a protective factor for reaching upper-middle age, thereafter survival depends less on intelligence and more on other factors

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Intelligence and life expectancy in late adulthood: A meta-analysis- Macarena Sánchez-Izquierdo et al. Intelligence, Volume 98, May–June 202...

Liberalizing prostitution leads to a significant decrease in rape rates, while prohibiting it leads to a significant increase (much greater than liberalization's effect)

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Do Prostitution Laws Affect Rape Rates? Evidence from Europe. Huasheng Gao and Vanya Petrova. The Journal of Law and Economics, Volume 65, N...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Personality disorders reveal much stronger sex differences than normal personality traits, with men leaning much more towards the "dark" side

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Sex in the dark: Sex differences on three measures of dark side personality. Adrian Furnham, George Horne. Acta Psychologica, Volume 234, Ap...