"A recent international study revealed that belief in evolution is linked to lower levels of racism and prejudice, rather than higher." [Link below.]

Flattery economics all the way down. - Want lower tariffs? Promise foreign direct investment that Trump can oversee. - Don't want to get fired? Give the state 10% of your firm's equity. - Want to keep your station licenses? Better say nice things about the president. - Want a

The Trump Administration's proclamation that slaps a $100,000 fee on H-1Bs cites a flawed study from the left wing Economic Policy Institute as justification. The study claims that employers underpay their H-1B workers by 36% because it deliberately overlooks the fact that

Counterpoint:

You don’t care that government officials are taking cash bribes? What?

"majority of faculty under age 35 say they are in favor of shutting down speakers with whom they disagree..What terrifies the censors and cancellers..not that a dangerous idea might be thought, or even expressed, but that it might become common knowledge" a.co/d/26BFJNy

"If you want more housing, if you want abundant housing, building housing has to be your goal—not giving everyone a voice, not averting gentrification, not even focusing on some nebulous 'equity.' You need policies that make building easier." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Doesn’t look like they controlled for intelligence and/or cognitive rigidity as there’s no obvious reason belief in evolution would lower prejudice. Have a strong hunch this is a selection variable.

I've had some "individual cases don't refute statistical averages so Kirk was right" replies. OK so, firstly: women aren't getting married because they're chasing career success? Total BS. aibm.org/research/will-… Also, marrying young = higher divorce odds. ifstudies.org/blog/want-to-a…

"All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions." -- W.B. Yeats

The loss of global power and domestic economic dynamism from a cutoff of skilled Asian immigration would not be worth whatever benefits the MAGA people think it would have. noahpinion.blog/p/indians-and-…

After 2 years, Amnesty still has not issued its Oct 7 report. Why? Staff said exposing mass murder might “help Israel.” This is what has become of the "impartial," "rigorous" self-appointed standard bearers of human rights. Shameful cesspits of unabashed politics. Amnesty International

.⁦Matthew Yglesias⁩: “American students are getting dumber” “It started before Covid, and it keeps getting worse.” slowboring.com/p/american-stu…

Your instincts are your puppet-strings. Me in 2018:

New restrictions on skilled immigration, such as Trump’s proposed $100k H-1B visa fee, will likely hurt American workers on net - and even the economists cited by the White House think so. wsj.com/economy/jobs/w…

Serious scholars have examined what happens when we change the number of H1-B visas issued. Cities that get more H1-B immigrants subsequently see the wages of natives *rise* substantially. Skilled immigrants bring new ideas, fill labor shortages and make us all more

"Auto supplier scraps $50M Detroit factory plan as tariffs drive up costs" 😮 crainsdetroit.com/auto-suppliers… "Lucerne International Inc.’s plan for a $50 million hot aluminum forging plant with 325 new jobs in Detroit... was nearly a done deal."

NYC has a vacancy rate of ONE PERCENT and slobbering morons like Sirota still think we don’t need more housing

What the ideological left & right have in common is intolerance of real psychotherapy aimed at self-examination and self-awareness Both want to erase it/substitute something created in their own image Because ideology rarely survives honest self-reflection & deep self-knowledge