Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Recent Links

 The Greater Male Variability Hypothesis at NNN.  While males have greater variability on more traits, there are some on which females have more.  And some that show little difference between the sexes.

Noah Carl thinks E-verify would be a better tool for reducing the number of illegals, but Republican interests keep opposing it.  The Trouble with Trump's Deportations.  

America's Water Is Too Clean.  A great example of the law of diminishing returns in terms of health.

What the heck are chins for?  by John Hawks.  There have been lots of theories by some very smart people, but each hypothesis has acquired strong evidence against it.  The last theory standing is that it is a spandrel, a byproduct of other changes.  In this case the shortening of the face from smaller teeth, and a gestational need to take in amniotic fluid means the lower jaw must grow faster than the upper. 

Veggie Tales Characters Aren't Christian  A fun definitional dispute.

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