My Best Recent Tweets
This page will be a simple collection of some of my best recent tweets. It’ll be for my own reference as well as yours. I’ll keep it updated as I put out some good tweets. Keep tuned.
Surprises Emerge As More Hunter-Gatherer Microbiomes Come In – curiouser and curiouser http://t.co/OFgXB56pyl via @hbdchick
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 28, 2015
.@pseudoerasmus Some times seemingly complex things simplify to fairly simple guiding principles. In other words, #ReductionismWorks
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 28, 2015
All Psychology is Evolutionary Psychology – of course! Tho doesn't mean we buy every specific EP idea http://t.co/zrVTzuHR8c MT @clairlemon
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 27, 2015
It's just a matter of time before all executions are deemed "cruel and unusual punishment" in the U.S. under the Eight Amendment.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 26, 2015
Does adoption raise IQ four points? No: http://t.co/2RmaNzyqsS via [@fsnole1 @bswud]
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 25, 2015
.@ReactionaryTree You can't speak the truth without some people hating you.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 24, 2015
Swedish working paper: lottery winners: no effect on winners' outcomes or that of their children (health, IQ, etc) http://t.co/0LgHrSuWsD
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 24, 2015
What if the genome contains built-in error correction, and that is a purpose of some of the"junk" DNA?
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 24, 2015
.@heartiste Whiny people be whiny. And yes, meta-analyses do captured the heritability of happiness (0 shared env.) http://t.co/03EHuW9Ly3
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 24, 2015
Brilliant and comprehensive review: Genetics and Brain Morphology. They known their stuff. Must read. https://t.co/ttuRz9Gegm
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 23, 2015
For all their mockery of the non-scientific Left, the non-scientific Right are even more irritating hypocrites. You know who you are.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 23, 2015
Sure, a lot of "prominent" liberals today aren't Puritans, but what about hoi polloi? (See my comment there.) http://t.co/p3lVJWdbIS
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 23, 2015
Jaagsiekte – a type of lung cancer in sheep, caused by a virus. This is what took out Dolly http://t.co/tuwtHS1z7g
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 23, 2015
.@hbdchick Libertarians are on the rare side, so they could be an unusual instance of high O clannish. @autonomousHBD @SuperMisdreavus
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 22, 2015
You know, the "neoreactionary" folks contribute little of value, and are usually wrong. They're just soft KKK/Nazis anyway. #Nrx
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 22, 2015
If Germans are OK with free-ranging children, then small family sizes isn't the reason for paranoid parenting here http://t.co/YQCUuTHvrT
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 20, 2015
Are the descendents of the Puritans behind modern PC liberalism? They're quite involved https://t.co/B7lEW7rzzD @hbdchick @SuperMisdreavus
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 20, 2015
I left a comment over at that Gawker hit piece on Razib. What are the chances it'll get approved, you think? http://t.co/P3wTaCHvVS
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 20, 2015
Well, I guess we know now melanin is no protection from the PC police.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 20, 2015
The association between bodily symmetry and faster reaction time supports system integrity theory http://t.co/Sp3ptjZX5C
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 20, 2015
The ultimate liberal policy: should reliable genetic enhancement become available, it should be subsidized so the poor can apply to own kids
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 20, 2015
The genetic roots of height differences between Pygmies & everyone else are different than those among everyone else. Think (mouse studies)
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 19, 2015
A little reminder on that paper on British genetics #AmericanNations http://t.co/uQlMOmosID pic.twitter.com/yFRZvJOpwj
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 18, 2015
Black-White high school graduation rate gap by state http://t.co/LMGpvqsN50 MT @FactTank pic.twitter.com/DnQaNXYhqg
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 18, 2015
Giant twin study from China: BMI, waist circumference, and WHR all highly heritable http://t.co/pK1TPVPFQa MT @bswud
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 16, 2015
"I Fucking Love Science": what a fucking joke. @IFLScience #BreakingShitDown
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 14, 2015
Human White Matter Structure Is Highly Heritable (53-90%) – A twin study of DTI MRI. https://t.co/2AwTMpuq41 MT @Neuro_Skeptic
— JayMan (@JayMan471) March 12, 2015
The three laws of behavioral genetics are to social science as the laws of thermodynamics are to physics.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) February 6, 2015
Is the thing that unites Yankeedom snow? See it outlined in the current snow on the ground #AmericanNations pic.twitter.com/fIy1oGHpJW
— JayMan (@JayMan471) February 5, 2015
The role of microbiota in obesity? A human example of rapid weight gain following fecal transplant http://t.co/BloEfKi9Ma
— JayMan (@JayMan471) February 5, 2015
Uncontrolled correlational studies, by and large, don't count as evidence (much).
— JayMan (@JayMan471) February 5, 2015
If exercise was the key to living a healthier, better life, then 1/4-1/2 of people wouldn't have little to *negative* response to it.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) February 4, 2015
Why is it so hard to believe that seemingly straight men who engage in gay sex are just closeted gay men? http://t.co/EMs8sNcz3Z
— JayMan (@JayMan471) February 3, 2015
I want to know the ethnic ancestry of anti-vaxxers.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) February 1, 2015
Why heritability is high and environmental effect is nil to low: it would render effect of genes unpredictable, interfering with fitness.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) February 3, 2015
Does education raise IQ in any meaningful way? No, goddamnit. By @JamesPsychol. Be sure to see my comment there http://t.co/VcjLKurKbg
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 20, 2015
The inability (wantonly and not) to quantify underlies many a disagreement, and lets much nonsense ride. Math clears a lot up, and fast.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 20, 2015
Heredity in life – and death: http://t.co/2IuIoU0Mtr pic.twitter.com/OI2IGEjzxp
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 20, 2015
States suing Obama over immigration amnesty, vs. not. Spot the #AmericanNations http://t.co/JhLzg0SCNW pic.twitter.com/Dn4no1JJbA MT @wwwCISorg
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 19, 2015
"Random" assignment of Korean adoptees to American parents find no impact on BMI, income; minor impact on education http://t.co/kyrQ9MxXnG
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 19, 2015
Peer-rated personality shows more predictive validity: here better predicting lifespan than self-report http://t.co/OBlPWQPB7z MT @DrZhana
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 20, 2015
Suicide rates in Europe by region by sex – from http://t.co/WAIXMRCmLz (additional info from Wikipedia) pic.twitter.com/xWbIS9Gp31
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 16, 2015
So 9% of White women marry someone of another race? He says: haha that's cute – and so am I pic.twitter.com/lKgRjxOLBH
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 16, 2015
Hierarchy of reaching truth: blank slatism -> New Atheism -> lib half-slatism -> consv half-slatism (maybe) -> actual reality.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 14, 2015
Sweden by far EU's most pro-immigrant nation. In other news, rain is wet http://t.co/UfWTjXwepi cc @Paradigmian pic.twitter.com/22TBYZkidn
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 19, 2015
A single, large study is typically superior to any meta-analysis: funnel plots show that results converge to that of largest studies anyway.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 14, 2015
Hey social scientists: non-responders and those lost to attrition almost *always* bias your result, even if measures don't see a difference.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 19, 2015
If you think there are reliable ways to extend your life (other than not driving the wrong way down the road), you're dreaming.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 12, 2015
You know, Amelia Earhart was a female pioneer and all, but she was also pretty damned masculine looking http://t.co/DCTFEGEPL9
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 12, 2015
If there's such a thing as a "terrorism quotient," many Muslim populations score significantly higher than average. A big deal at extremes.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 11, 2015
Some people don't like reductionism. To them I say tough shit.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 11, 2015
.@fsnole1 Narcissists be narcissistic.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 11, 2015
.@hbdchick Well, averages tell you a lot about individuals at the extremes. Small average differences can lead to large difference at tails.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 11, 2015
Most of the political discussion about the Paris attacks is pretty stupid. The real reason is simple: violent clannish people be violent.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 11, 2015
Someone is disappointed to find out I'm not White. Well, hate to tell ya http://t.co/VpKAhZnCvr
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 11, 2015
Where America's veterans live: The Far West http://t.co/VDzFasA1lT http://t.co/ZAqJQbTgYy #AmericanNations MT @ChartsandMaps
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 10, 2015
Social science tricks: putting points in "limitations" that knock the legs right out from under the whole mess of a study you just read.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 10, 2015
Remember: the concept of free speech is ENTIRELY about protecting *unwelcome* speech. Welcome speech doesn't need protecting.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 10, 2015
(meant to add porn to this one):
It's OK to have moral beliefs. But don't conflate them with matters of empirical fact (e.g., race, parenting, obesity, feminism, etc).
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 10, 2015
With this craziness, a moment to put things in perspective Mapping the Milky Way http://t.co/6qQcyaiXTQ pic.twitter.com/g0ktzZJhZQ @newscientist
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 9, 2015
Who gets the most in Social Security benefits http://t.co/IuwCPETQjO pic.twitter.com/vClYETBC3F MT @knowmorewp @BeautifulMaps #AmericanNations
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 9, 2015
As per @WiringTheBrain, developmental "noise" really developmental *instability*. When thought of that way, it too is heritable to a degree.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 9, 2015
Let me say that again: much of "unique environment" is really a form of heritable variance.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 9, 2015
Some people (many, actually) NEED to believe that the "environment" has big effects (more than it actually does).
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 8, 2015
If step-parents were so dangerous then adopted kids would be screwed. The results are clear. #RememberTheConfounds
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 8, 2015
.@MikeAnissimov Liberalism only works* on people capable of liberalism. That's the secret. *For the most part.
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 8, 2015
Within-family designs go a long way to addressing confounding factors. Like smoking while pregnant and paternal age http://t.co/UZOVayNKXk
— JayMan (@JayMan471) January 8, 2015
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