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An important model posits two routes to persuasion. A peripheral route relies on superficial cues of credibility; a central route involves depth consideration of the reasons and evidence. The Gino arguments seem to bank on readers sticking with the peripheral route.

Smarter people score lower on moral foundations. Because they’re immoral? Unlikely. More likely: they ask questions and are open to nuance. Not “loyalty above all,” but “it depends — let me reason through it.” New study by Timothy Bates Is NFC a mediator?sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Why research is too risk-averse and too-fake, and how to improve it: Fund young researchers, reward risk-takers, and verify everything through replication. All about to change. Watch now. youtube.com/watch?v=K4Cs7Q…

The next policy frontier for reversing the education and mental health declines: more recess! Here's a 3rd grader testifying at a press conference in New York: altamontenterprise.com/05282025/play-…

“I am an exceptional thief”

Fearing for one's public safety increases Support for Redistribution (higher taxes) and support for progressive policies: x.com/timothycbates/…

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Crushing fall from grace for this influential (cited over 500 times!!) paper arguing ability test scores are greatly increased by effort . Most of the effect relied on (also retracted now thanks to Russell T. Warne 🇺🇸🇨🇱🇮🇱) work by convicted grant fraud Bruening. retractionwatch.com/2025/05/28/iq-…

Timothy Bates You got the ball rolling on this. I was a peer reviewer on this study where you mentioned Breuning's fraud. I had never heard of Breuning, and when I investigated, I was shocked to find that most of his articles were still unretracted. I wrote the blog post (cited in the final

A few days ago, I posted a retraction of an article about the impact of motivation on IQ. Now, I have a blog post documents how the estimated impact of motivation went from 9.4 IQ points to 7.1 points... to 2.5 points. The post also recounts my role in this story of The

Effort is frustrating, but less so for people high in trait Conscientiousness. Research by Timothy Bates suggests it decouples frustration from effort, so high-C people can engage in more intense effort towards their goals with less negative affect: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The effect of testosterone on proposals made in the ultimatum game? Nothing. The effect on investment in the trust game? Nothing. The effect on amounts sent in the dictator game? Nothing.

The administration just tasked the Office of Science and Technology Policy with promulgating new policies that make federally funded and conducted science REPLICABLE and FAVORABLE TO NULL RESULTS

Probably nothing.

Google are going to have to place some monumental Nvidia orders - now that Gemini was opened up for more users, even the $20/month level is experiencing long periods of the day when it just gags even on simple text questions. Grok

This old post that I responded to popped back into my mentions today. Made in 2019, predicting 2029. More than halfway there, doesn’t fare well at all. Decadal AI doom predictions will fare similarly.

A new genomics company is offering genetic optimization software. Parents can now select embryos based on eye color, height, and IQ. The genetic arms race for super babies is here.

Studies of Mensans are often used to claim that having a high IQ is related to many bad things. But Mensans are not normal; they are often smart people who failed to accrue the sorts of achievements smart people gather with age. So they join Mensa to prove they're smart.