Links

Genetics:

• engineering:

• everything is heritable:

  • Genome-wide association study for risk taking propensity indicates shared pathways with body mass index, Clifton et al 2018
  • Frequency and distribution of 152 Mendelian genetic disease variants in over 100,000 mixed breed and purebred dogs, Donner et al 2018
  • The genetic architecture of hair colour in the UK population, Morgan et al 2018
  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error, Tedja et al 2018 (genetic support for the bright-light theory of myopia? The various enrichments don’t seem consistent with near work or other theories of nearsightedness.)
  • Do Jobs Run in Families? (Perhaps one day Facebook will produce some pedigree analyses nailing down heritability of all measured traits.)
  • wMT-GWAS: Improving genetic prediction by leveraging genetic correlations among human diseases and traits, Maier et al 2018
  • The personal and clinical utility of polygenic risk scores, Torkamani et al 2018
  • 30 loci identified for heart rate response to exercise and recovery implicate autonomic nervous system, Ramírez et al 2018 (calories in, calories out?)
  • Genetic influence on social outcomes during and after the Soviet era in Estonia, Rimfeld et al 2018 (a nice counterpoint to Okbay et al 2016: de-Communization increased meritocracy and EA PGS predictive power went up, while Swedish school mandating more public schooling for everyone made EA PGS predictive power go down.)
  • Personality and Genetic Associations With Military Service, Miles & Haider-Markel 2018
  • Grandma’s trauma - a critical appraisal of the evidence for transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in humans, Kevin Mitchell

• recent human evolution:

  • Evidence of a nonadaptive buildup of mutational load in human populations over the past 40,000 years, Aris-Brosou 2018
  • Mega-analysis of 31,396 individuals from 6 countries uncovers strong gene-environment interaction for human fertility, Tropf et al 2016
  • Racial differences: Study of short Peruvians reveals new gene with a major impact on height (Admixture study identifies FBN1 gene reducing height by 2-4cm in Peruvians, possibly selected for.)

AI:

Statistics/meta-science/mathematics:

• Two Cheers For Corporate Experimentation: The A/B Illusion And The Virtues Of Data-Driven Innovation, Meyer 2015 (excerpts)

Politics/religion:

• Observations on the Puerto Rico death toll (The baseline for this hurricane study is quite suspicious, and just 3 fewer reported deaths in the survey would’ve made the statistical-significance go away.)

Psychology/biology:

• Split brain: divided perception but undivided consciousness, Pinto et al 2017 (Non-replication of the classic split-brain consciousness studies)

• The Devil’s in the g-tails: Deficient letter-shape knowledge and awareness despite massive visual experience, Wong et al 2018 (media; the poverty of perception & mental imagery)
• Object play in adult domestic cats: the roles of habituation and disinhibition, Hall et al 2002 (Excerpts/commentary; We’re doing cat toys all wrong.)
• Pinch-induced Behavioral Inhibition (Clipnosis) in Domestic Cats, Pozza et al 2007 (useful tip)
• The genesis of the cat’s responses to the rat, Kuo 1930; Further study of the behavior of the cat toward the rat, Kuo 1938 (Apparently kittens raised with mice will not attack or eat them, unless they see other cats attacking mice.)
• Nocebo effects with antidepressant clinical drug trial placebos, Reeves et al 2007 (overdosing on placebos)

• Perceived mental health from men’s facial appearance reflects actual mental health, Ward et al 2018

Technology:

• BitWhisper: Covert Signaling Channel between Air-Gapped Computers Using Thermal Manipulations, Guri et al 2015 (Another slightly terrifying sidechannel escape from boxing.)

Economics:

• 1,000 True Fans, Kevin Kelly (The rise of Patreon/Kickstarter/live-streaming really exemplifies this dynamic.)

Philosophy:

Fiction:

Misc:

Books

Nonfiction:

• Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, Bradshaw 2013?
• On the Historicity of Jesus, Richard Carrier

Fiction:

Film/TV

Live-action:

Animated:

• Ushio and Tora?
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, seasons 1-5?

Games

Music

Touhou:

Doujin:

• senpai, notice me! (Camellia feat. Nanahira; Force! {C93}) [electronic/Jpop]

Vocaloid:

Misc: