Wyclif's Dust

Big families are more conservative, but that doesn't affect public opinion much

Analysis using the Generations and Gender Survey

Aug 12

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July 2026

I went to the Heterodox Social Science Conference 2026

But did I have a good time? Now read on...

Jul 28

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June 2026

Hanging a cat on the Sabbath

Why I don't love regressions using "genetic ancestry"

Jun 16

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April 2026

A quick note on liberal family values

Looking at family values in a 2022 survey. There will be graphs.

Apr 20

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Fertility and social liberalism in Europe

A bunch of graphs from the European Values Survey

Apr 10

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October 2025

Training AI will take longer than you think

Are we on our way to superintelligence wiping out humans by 2027? Or are we in a bubble of hype? My take:

Oct 17, 2025

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What we talk about when we talk about "ancestry"

Political decisions versus scientific descriptions; ancestry versus ethnicity; ancestry proportions versus individual variants

Oct 14, 2025

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The Palestine plan

It shows how much the West has changed since Iraq

Oct 12, 2025

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Immigration and anti-semitism in Britain

Economists tend to be pro-immigration, and to think of people as following their self-interest.

Oct 8, 2025

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🍾🍾 Thought bubbles: cancelling people is fine 🍾 there are too many researchers 🍾 Plato's wheel of fortune 🍾 AWOL political science 🍾🍾

Short pieces from the windmills of my mind, about pile-ons, political science and Plato

Oct 3, 2025

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September 2025

The hidden world our parents give us

An intuitive reason I disbelieve the "parents make no difference" thesis

Sep 24, 2025

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Adam Smith’s second big idea

Liberalism is challenged by gains from scale

Sep 22, 2025

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