This post isn’t topical, but it’s been sitting in my draft folder for awhile, so I may well publish it. It isn’t a stretch to saw we’re in a slow news cycle, with the usual Hilary and Ferguson headlines. The Obamacare subsidy Supreme Court decision won’t be announced until June (!), despite the justices having… Continue reading IQ: More than Just a Number
Salvation: Paleo/Christian vs. HBD/Rationalist
One night, it occurred to me the totality of Praxeology could be reduced to a simple quadrant. The quadrant is more encompassing than the left/right political divide, since members of all political parties will fall somewhere in the quadrant. Aaron Clarey of Captain Capitalism linked to Bernard Chapin‘s Youtube Channel in which Chapan says he… Continue reading Salvation: Paleo/Christian vs. HBD/Rationalist
The Greatest Bull Market Ever*
* Technically, this isn’t the greatest bull market ever (the one following the Great Depression was bigger), but we’ll just assume this one will continue long enough that inevitably it will claim the title, maybe within a few years or so when the S&P 500 crosses 2500. From Investors are enjoying one of the longest… Continue reading The Greatest Bull Market Ever*
Is STEM the New Celebrity Status?
After almost half a century of being on the fringes of society, ignored or relegated to special gifted classes, economic and social forces have converged, culminating in the post-2008 era where nerds not only run the world, but are celebrated. This is the New Great Awakening (but with intellectualism and wealth creation sweeping the world,… Continue reading Is STEM the New Celebrity Status?
Et tu, Summers?
From Establishment Populism Rising The lion’s share of the income of the top 1 percent is concentrated in the top 0.1 percent and 0.01 percent. The average income of the top 1 percent in 2013, according to data provided by Emmanuel Saez, a Berkeley economist, was $1.2 million, for the top 0.1 percent, $5.3 million,… Continue reading Et tu, Summers?
Optimal Allocation of Resources
From Return of Kings: Evidence For Blue Pill Brain Damage Puts Modern Democracy Into Question Anyone who dares question its legitimacy is usually cast out as a fascist or a moron Actually I think it’s the opposite, or at least the tide is turning in that more and more people, especially on sites that cater… Continue reading Optimal Allocation of Resources
Bridging The Red Pill and Beta Male Conservatism
The ‘red pill’ people and the Beta Male Conservatives, a subset of MGTOW, have a lot in common: a tendency to defer to empirical logic instead of emotion, a respect for STEM, and being anti-SJW. The beta male is introverted and enjoys solitary activities such as reading and surfing the web, for example. Red pill… Continue reading Bridging The Red Pill and Beta Male Conservatism
How Liberalism Distorts Perception of IQ
From Fred Reed The 145 Solution I agree we should restrict voting to high-IQ individuals and or a net worth above a certain threshold, but the odds of such a plan being implemented are close to zero. The comments are interesting since they are an example of how successful the left, in their war on… Continue reading How Liberalism Distorts Perception of IQ
2015: Another Great Year for the Nerds
The original article on the Beta Male Conservative failed to meet my standards, so I rewrote parts of it. The growing anti-science movement is making people in Silicon Valley nervous Has he been to Reddit or 4chan lately? Millions of users, and all of them are infatuated with science & scientists, STEM, nerd culture, libertarian… Continue reading 2015: Another Great Year for the Nerds
The Liberal War on Science
Why are the liberals anti-science about the heredibility and biology of IQ, and how IQ scores affect socioeconomic outcomes? The left’s approach to poverty, academic underachievement and crime isn’t based on science and empiricism, but wishful thinking in the hope that by throwing enough tax payer dollars at the problem with wasteful social programs, the… Continue reading The Liberal War on Science