THREAD: Boys Are Falling Behind: An ingenious study explores grading bias against boys

“Boys are increasingly falling behind girls at school. This disadvantage has important consequences.”

[Link at end.] “[D]espite the commonly held belief that girls are discriminated against, teacher biases favor girls.”

My Top 10 Posts of 2024

...and reflections on my first year on the website that shall not be named

[Link below.] Link: My Top 10 Posts of 2024 stevestewartwilliams.com/p/my-top-10-po…

Thread: The Four Laws of Behavior Genetics [links at end]

The 1st Law of Behavior Genetics: All psychological traits are partially heritable. The 2nd Law of Behavior Genetics: The effect of being raised in the same family is smaller than the effect of genes.

Happiness 🧵 (US data)

Average happiness, 1972-2018 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Happiness by sex, 1972-2018 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Happiness 🧵 (US data)

Average happiness, 1972-2018 https://t.co/S5KgFU8VeDpapers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Happiness by sex, 1972-2018 https://t.co/dTgnr6YxY2papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Amazing. No one knows for sure why dolphins do this, but possible explanations include "leadership or dominance, acoustic communication, courtship display, defining positions of members in the school, and dislodging ectoparasites." doi.org/10.1242/jeb.02… Related 👇

https://twitter.com/stevestuwill/status/1409859193532678155

One of the most fascinating papers I've read for a long time: People dislike their political opponents for views that most don't actually hold. [Preprint; N = 4,993; 1/5.] psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ "(Over)estimation of political opponents' agreement with extreme issues predicted cross-partisan dislike, which in turn predicted unwillingness to engage with opponents, foreclosing opportunities to correct misperceptions." psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ [2/5]

Chimp with alopecia reveals a truth usually concealed in fur: Chimps. Are. Ripped. ift.tt/2HEzCZp Related 👇

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1393354768995684353

One of the most fascinating papers I've read for a long time: People dislike their political opponents for views that most don't actually hold. [Preprint; N = 4,993.] psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ "(Over)estimation of political opponents' agreement with extreme issues predicted cross-partisan dislike, which in turn predicted unwillingness to engage with opponents, foreclosing opportunities to correct misperceptions." psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ [2/5]

Reversals in Psychology: A list of famous psychological findings that are now in doubt. Includes the Stanford prison experiment, implicit bias, Pygmalion effect, stereotype threat, power posing, multiple intelligences, brain training, learning styles, etc. gleech.org/psych Working Link: gleech.org/psych

Misguided Criticisms of Evolutionary Psychology #1: Evolutionary psychology aims to justify traditional gender roles, societal inequalities, etc. From #TheApeThatUnderstoodTheUniverse amazon.com/Ape-that-Under… Misguided Criticisms of Evolutionary Psychology #2: Evolutionary psychology provides an excuse for bad behavior – in particular, for the kinds of bad behavior that men specialize in. From #TheApeThatUnderstoodTheUniverse amazon.com/Ape-that-Under…

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives... on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."

–Carl Sagan (born OTD in 1934) "The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."

–Carl Sagan (born OTD in 1934)

Humans of Twitter, today is #WorldOctopusDay. That can mean only one thing. It’s time for an octopus thread…

https://twitter.com/stevestuwill/status/1098877755154882563

Octopus, it’s fair to say, are very weird creatures.

https://twitter.com/stevestuwill/status/1164327981365391360

One of the most fascinating papers I've read for a long time: People dislike their political opponents for views that most don't actually hold. psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ [Preprint; N = 4,993.] "(Over)estimation of political opponents' agreement with extreme issues predicted cross-partisan dislike, which in turn predicted unwillingness to engage with opponents, foreclosing opportunities to correct misperceptions." psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ [2/5]

Answers to 12 Bad Anti-Free Speech Arguments: Featuring That XKCD Cartoon Everyone Likes to Quote! areomagazine.com/2021/05/25/ans… By the great @glukianoff "If you empower the government to censor, you are giving the powerful more power... Do you trust what a Biden administration would do with that power? If so, do you trust what the next Trump would do with that power?" areomagazine.com/2021/05/25/ans…

Misguided Criticisms of Evolutionary Psychology #1: Evolutionary psychology aims to justify traditional gender roles, societal inequalities, etc. From #TheApeThatUnderstoodTheUniverse amazon.com/Ape-that-Under… Misguided Criticisms of Evolutionary Psychology #2: Evolutionary psychology provides an excuse for bad behavior – in particular, for the kinds of bad behavior that men specialize in. From #TheApeThatUnderstoodTheUniverse amazon.com/Ape-that-Under…

Inspired: Dan Baldassarre (@evornithology) submitted a joke science article to a predatory journal, to see if they'd actually publish it. They did. The paper is called "What's the Deal with Birds?" and it's hilarious. 😂 irispublishers.com/sjrr/pdf/SJRR.… Come to think of it, though, what *is* the deal with birds? 👇

https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1251307235155701760