Stuff I've found interesting in December
This study showing that fears that young men are having less sex could be unfounded.
This incredible photo of a 2-headed dog created by a Soviet scientist. The dog managed to survive for four days.
Julia Galef interviewing Phil Tetlock on superforecasters for the Ezra Klein show.
A cool use of AI, where you can type any prompt you can think of and it will generate a piece of art using your prompt. See above for the image generated from the prompt “A Christmas Mess”.
There is a correlation between the polygenic score capturing an individual’s propensity to get a good education and voter turnout - possible reason that educated people vote more?
Meta-analysis showing that education might have a causal effect on IQ, with each additional year of education resulting in an IQ 1 to 5 points higher. Yes, they know about reverse causality and endogeneity!
This tweet about a study on how surnames affect academic careers: