Self-rated IQ is a terrible measure of IQ, but an excellent measure of self-esteem. Whenever the IQ debates start, it is common for people to quickly comment that they have known people with high IQ's that didn't seem that smart (and certainly not wise). I have wondered aloud how they know these are high-IQ people. If the people in question told you that, they are likely to be wrong.
Better All the Time. From N3, the decline in infant mortality in Africa since the 1950s. Wonderful to look at.
Also from N3 Microaggressions - weak evidence. It is unsurprisingly from the work of Lee Jussim of Rutgers, who has also exposed the lack of evidence for Implicit bias, priming, and stereotype threat. Also, the surprisingly good evidence for stereotypes being partly true. I have written about him several times before
How To End A Sentence With Style
I learned from my granddaughters, who have watched Ten Things I Hate About You multiple times, that it is based on "The Taming of the Shrew"
In rough terms, if you make $50/year you are in the top 1% globally - and the globe is in the richest era in history. We are the billionaires.
The Rage of the Falling Elite by Rob Henderson. The first time I heard this some years ago it sounded intuitively right. It's nice to see some hard evidence for it.
This helps to explain why modern movements like Occupy Wall Street were filled not with the destitute but with college-educated professionals. These were not people starving; they were aggrieved that they were in the 90th percentile rather than the 99th. Surveys show progressive activists are wealthier, whiter, and more highly educated than the average American. They are nearly three times as likely to hold a postgraduate degree.
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