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IQ Heritability
Aug
02
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by Macrobius at 11:09 PM (1496 Views / 0 Likes) 0 Comments
http://isteve.blogspot.com/2011/07/iq-heritability.html

Physicist Steve Hsu recounts IQ heritability figures from a 2010 metanalysis of twin and adoption studies:




He goes on:
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Dienekes: Decline of Homosexual Population
Aug
02
by Macrobius at 11:06 PM (851 Views / 0 Likes) 0 Comments
http://whigger.weremight.com/whigger/story.php?title=the-decline-of-the-homosexual-population-


Jesse Bering argues in Scientific American that the extension of marriage rights to homosexuals may lead to a decline of the homosexual population. This conclusion stems from three assumptions, which I enumerate below:
There are...
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Krugman on the Debt Ceiling
Aug
02
by Macrobius at 2:13 AM (1001 Views / 0 Likes) 0 Comments
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/if-i-were-in-the-house/


If I Were In The House

I guess I have to be explicit at this point: yes, I would vote no.

What about the catastrophe that would result? Several thoughts.

First, what I keep hearing from people who should know is that Treasury won’t actually run out...
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Skype Launches Official iPad App
Aug
02
by Macrobius at 2:01 AM (1436 Views / 0 Likes) 0 Comments
http://whigger.weremight.com/whigger/story.php?title=skype-launches-an-official-ipad-app


The official Skype application for iPad has landed in the iTunes App Store and is now available to download.


The app works over both WiFi and 3G and takes advantage of the front-facing camera included on the iPad 2 by offering...
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Tea-Party Triump: The Day of the Hobbits (Buchanan)
Aug
02
by Macrobius at 1:58 AM (677 Views / 0 Likes) 0 Comments
http://www.vdare.com/buchanan/110801_tea_party_triumph.htm


Tea Party Triumph—The Day of the Hobbits

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Mocked by The Wall Street Journal and Sen. John McCain as the little people of the "Lord of the Rings" books, the Tea Party "Hobbits" are indeed returning to Middle Earth—to nail the...
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