Martin Palecek

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“A lot of people want to argue that ‘Homosexuality is natural; therefore, homosexuality is OK.’ I agree that it’s OK, and I agree that it’s natural, but I don’t agree that it’s OK because it’s natural.” stevestewartwilliams.com/p/an-evolution…

Poškození památníku pochodu smrti v Pohořelicích je primitivní nenávistné vandalství. Vychází bohužel z atmosféry, kterou vyvolávají někteří politici s cílem rozdělovat společnost a šířit v ní hněv. Odsuzuji takové chování.

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Sex Differences in Sexual Choosiness stevestewartwilliams.com/p/sex-differen…

People believe that their political in-group is being targeted more by misinformation than their political out-group. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@sapinker This link is unlocked in case anyone doesn’t subscribe nytimes.com/2026/05/20/opi…

SPSP member Dr. Michael Muthukrishna (@mmuthukrishna), of @nyuniversity and @LSENews, brings cultural evolution and behavioral science to some of the world's biggest challenges - from anti-corruption policy in the UK to education in Zanzibar. Learn more: ow.ly/xyVB50Z1OLe

In a new essay, I argue that the widespread embrace of an ethos of “speaking truth to power” too often produces intellectual inquiry that is lazy, self-deceived, and self-defeating: conspicuouscognition.com/p/speaking-tru…

My hypothesis: US university education was a massively successful export industry (foreign students paying tuition + housing + living expenses is literally classified as exports) and Trump admin collapsed this demand.

New paper reviews why scientists are moving away from conceptualizing behaviors as "addictive", including sex and pornography viewing. I agree, this ship sailed a decade ago. These models are not useful for behaviors...and never have been.

The past century delivered extraordinary gains in income, health, and opportunity. The next one could do the same – even better. The McKinsey Global Institute's new book argues that a world of plenty is possible – even for 12 billion people – if we make the right choices. Available now ➡️ mck.co/acenturyofplen…

@SteveStuWill Wtf is happening? 😳

"It’s sometimes said that Marxism is dead… except in the universities... Extreme views are relatively common among faculty - and they’re more common today than they were twenty years ago." stevestewartwilliams.com/p/academias-le…

Girls have outscored boys in reading for nearly a century. It’s a persistent pattern that shows up across race, income, and country. Proud to have worked alongside Ben Smith, @PedroANoguera, and @ProfBoutakidis on the new volume on Boys' K-12 Education in The ANNALS of @TheAAPSS. journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/716/1

A lot of "China watchers" overstate how bad things are in China, while a lot of Western conservatives suffer from a "grass is greener" view of China that downplays how it's suffering from many of the same problems as the West, and several unique problems of its own.

Really excited that this is out in @PNASNews! We find that 2 LLMs (GPT-4.5 and LLama-3.1-405B) pass a 5 minute Turing test. As an update to our preprint we also find that GPT-5 and LLaMa pass a 15 minute test! 🧵

The White House is lying about the future of oil prices. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/the-oil-mark…

What is depression like? Tune in this week for an intimate view of the experience of depression... and the complex neurological path by which guest Jon Nelson eventually got out. eagleman.com/podcast/154

I had the privilege of reading an English manuscript. This is a great book worthy of reading!