Much as Soviet propaganda accurately depicted the United States as a racially tiered society, Iranian propaganda has accurately depicted the Trump administration as entirely run by pedophiles.
Is it sexist to say that men are more likely to be colorblind, die of COVID, be tall, die young, and so on? No because the data are clear. Someday the empirical data may support the male variability hypothesis. Or they may not.
A few people have asked for the syllabus from my grad seminar on Generative AI for social science -- just posted it here:
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/03/10/n...
In his public talk, I think the point he was trying to make is that the difference in variance could explain the difference in gender representation. We now know he may have had an ulterior motive but note that he had three hypotheses:
www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record."
Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...
This is now called the male variability hypothesis. You can find the corresponding articles on Google Scholar. Some evidence supports it. Some doesn’t
He said there are three possible reasons for the difference in representation. One of them is that the male variance in intelligence. This means more men in the top and bottom tails.
The Pentagon calculated it was spending $1 billion a day on Trump and Netanyahu’s war. The truth? It was $3 billion…and that’s just for munitions.
Plus they’ve alarmed everyone by burning through scarce munitions in a matter of days.
If I recall correctly he said that the variance was greater for men not that the mean was different.
The climate is similar to the rest of the South so…
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It used to be that way but now there are probably 10,000 pianists who can play it.
holy shit
NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”
I live in Atlanta and there's pretty much nothing I can think of. All of the food that I love here is non-native.
What can I say? I write my skeets the same way I write my discussion sections in journal articles.
If you really enjoy movie stunts, it's a way to just watch stunts without having to deal with the movie.
He is the Elvis Presley of Gen Xers
I did not have 'Ricky Martin performing at the T20 World Cup' on my bingo card.
Highest individual scores T20WC finals
Stunning from Samson 🙌
India’s best batter is Sanju Samson, a Christian, and a poke in the eye of Hindu nationalism.
I read a Lorrie Moore novel once. It was so painful to watch the protagonist’s journey, I didn’t read any others.
What is even happening in the world of children’s books?
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Today’s episode of “Not The Onion.”
This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...
Opus Dei run SCOTUS turns to judicial authoritarianian to silence state courts and put them in their place. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...
🎉 I just published my second paper! Woo!
In psychotherapy trials we often see that symptoms reduce between screening and start of treatment. A plausible idea about that is that patients self-refer when their fluctuating symptoms are extra bad. We checked! (we tried to check) //
This pretty much sets a precedent for Iran-backed guerillas attacking cities on the US coastline, doesn't it?
I believe this is what is being discussed. (I'm not sure Sharon's statement adds any clarity here.)
“Humans across multiple languages spontaneously associate the nonwords kiki & bouba with spiky & round shapes, respectively...We tested the bouba-kiki effect in baby chickens. Similar to humans, they spontaneously chose a spiky shape when hearing a kiki sound & a round shape when hearing a bouba.”😲🧪
