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How Genetic is Lifelong Inceldom?

The quantitative genetic and molecular landscape of lifelong sexlessness.

May 2, 2026·29 minRead essay →

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13 essays · since 2024
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Ancient Genomes & Cold Winters

Testing cold winters theory against 21,000 years of winter temperatures and ancient polygenic scores. Partial support.

Feb 3, 2026 · 9 min
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Dawn of the Silicon Gods

Evidence that AI capabilities are accelerating: doubling progress, emergent reasoning, and why bubble skeptics are wrong.

Dec 29, 2025 · 23 min
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White by Default: Bias in Criminal Racial Assignment

Misclassification Inflates White Rates 4-6%, Deflates Hispanic Rates 20-31%: Evidence from 1.5 Million Records

Nov 10, 2025 · 26 min
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Would Eugenics Work? Positive Eugenics Simulation

Employing quantitative genetics and the UN's cohort component method we estimate the impact of a positive eugenics policy.

Jul 3, 2025 · 23 min
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Scraping 2 Million Substack Articles

What predicts Substack success: pricing, post frequency, word count, and category, from millions of posts and thousands of publications.

Apr 3, 2025 · 10 min
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Smart Extinction? Global IQ and Innovation Decline

Dysgenics and declining fertility predict a 73% drop in high-IQ populations and halved global innovation by 2100.

Mar 26, 2025 · 21 min
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Detecting Pedos with AI & Mugshots

A deep learning physiognomy model that distinguishes predatory pedophilia, trained on 1.2 million criminal mugshots.

Feb 21, 2025 · 11 min
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AI Makes Us Stupid, Smart

AIs enhance job performance equivalent to a >15 IQ point gain. Least competent see greatest gains.

Jan 24, 2025 · 9 min
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Are Incels Rising? Global Edition

International data tells a different story from the US: dating apps, smartphones, and gender theories all fall flat.

Jan 16, 2025 · 15 min
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Debunking 'Declining Worldwide Innovation'

Replicating Huebner's method with historical figures reveals no innovation decline, just selection bias in his single source book.

Jan 6, 2025 · 8 min
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Trying to Beat the UN at Forecasting Fertility

An attempted successor to the UN's fertility forecasting methodology, with unexpected results.

Dec 21, 2024 · 26 min
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Are Incels Rising?

Three major US datasets confirm rising sexlessness in youth, but inequality is more relative than absolute.

Apr 12, 2024 · 20 min