Archive - Wyclif's Dust

Mainstream media also has audience capture

Why higher journalistic standards can't stop media partisanship

Oct 28

The vast deserts of bad science

My name is Ozymandias, PI of PIs. Look on my p values, ye mighty, and despair

Oct 19

Going paid: subscribe and get a freebie

After 4 years, I’m adding a paid option to this newsletter.

Oct 12

Immigration won't get you a libertarian utopia

Here’s an interesting argument: immigration destroys social solidarity, and that’s a good thing. It’s good because social solidarity supports welfare…

Oct 12

Removing antisemitism won't change the Middle East debate much

Here is a silly and offensive anecdote told to me by a Thai guy I was skiing with.

Oct 3

September 2024

A quick reaction to "Foundations"

Sep 22

August 2024

Repost: Parochialism in time and space

I will be AFK for the next three weeks.

Aug 25

Woke is a religion, and that's totally normal

A serving of Darwinian cultural soup

Aug 20

July 2024

Values, interests and populism

The two hands of politics

Jul 27

A theory of cynicism and conspiracy

And how to challenge them

Jul 19

Wyclif's Pod pilot episode 1 - The Unjournal

Here is a new experiment – I’m trying a podcast

Jul 18

54:41

June 2024

Five toy worlds to think about heritability

Empirics is blind without theory. Heritability on its own may not tell us much about what can happen. Perhaps economic models can help.

Jun 28

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