Over the last month I saw that human editors are now stripped of control. I could no longer stop the system from auto-inviting "reviewers" with zero relevant expertise. Even worse - the AI began actively revoking the invitations I manually sent out to actual, qualified experts.

Are you mostly noise? This week Born and Raised went to talk to @eivindy.bsky.social about the genetics of personality, the "gloomy prospect", and about Eivind's possible weird mutation!

💔People with a similar risk of divorce are more likely to marry: Hans F. Sunde & Philipp Dierker found that spouses tend to be similar in terms of their risk of separation. Marriage is shaped not only by a person's own background, but also by that of their partner. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/divorce_risk

Nature recently published massive studies on the credibility of social science. We — the Norwegian co-authors on the robustness-paper, Gerit Pfuhl, @oysteinhernaes.bsky.social, @maxkorbmacher.bsky.social, and me — wrote an opinion piece about it (in Norwegian): www.forskersonen.no/forskning-kr...

Hva kjennetegner god vitenskap?

KRONIKK: Troverdig forskning er ikke forskning uten usikkerhet. Det er forskning som viser oss usikkerheten i stedet for å skjule den.

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Brian Nosek@briannosek.bsky.social · 4mo ago

SCORE, a collaboration of 865 researchers, is now released as three papers in Nature, six preprints, and a lot of data (cos.io/score/). SCORE examined repeatability of findings from the social-behavioral sciences and tested whether human and automated methods could predict replicability.

This is cool work on a methodological level, but I also really like how “assortative mating on liability to divorce” is essentially a six-word relationship drama.

Hans Fredrik Sunde@hfsunde.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Can we estimate assortative mating for outcomes shared by partners? Yes we can! In a new paper together with @philippdierker.bsky.social, I find that individuals with similar liabilities to divorce are more likely to get married in the first place!

Can we estimate assortative mating for outcomes shared by partners? Yes we can! In a new paper together with @philippdierker.bsky.social, I find that individuals with similar liabilities to divorce are more likely to get married in the first place!

SCORE, a collaboration of 865 researchers, is now released as three papers in Nature, six preprints, and a lot of data (cos.io/score/). SCORE examined repeatability of findings from the social-behavioral sciences and tested whether human and automated methods could predict replicability.

SCORE | Center for Open Science

SCORE shows that there is no shortcut to producing credible research findings, and there is no single indicator of trustworthiness. Research progress depends on transparency, rigor, and establishing r...

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Check out this French popular science article on partner similarity and assortative mating, featuring yours truly:

Alexandra Pihen@apihen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🧡 Qui se ressemble s’assemble ? 🧡 Psychologues, sociologues, biologistes, économistes tentent de répondre à ce dicton de grand-mère. Pour le meilleur et pour le pire ! Bonne lecture 😊 www.epsiloon.com/tous-les-num...

Always energising to engage with cutting-edge work on assortative mating, cross-ancestry prediction, and rare variants at @ESSGN — especially with such a strong cohort of doctoral researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. #Sociogenomics #GeneticPrediction #ESSGN

Me & @aysuo.bsky.social are hiring a postdoc to study gene–environment interplay in health & social inequalities 🧬 You'll analyze genomic data as part of a collaboration with Uppsala & Oslo at @amsterdamumc.bsky.social (NL) werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/en/vacatures... Please RT for karma points ♥️

Engaging and clear podcast from @hfsunde.bsky.social on what is assortative mating and why it matters 🎧

Hans Fredrik Sunde@hfsunde.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I was on a podcast! I had great fun talking about my favorite social science genetics topic (partner similarity!) with @aysuo.bsky.social and @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social. If you want to learn more about assortative mating and why it is so interesting, give it a listen 🎧!

Me and @aysuo.bsky.social went to Oslo a couple of weeks ago. This conversation with @hfsunde.bsky.social was really, really exciting!

ESSGN@essgn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What's up with partner choice and genetics? In this episode of Born and Raised, @hfsunde.bsky.social talks all things assortative mating!

I was on a podcast! I had great fun talking about my favorite social science genetics topic (partner similarity!) with @aysuo.bsky.social and @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social. If you want to learn more about assortative mating and why it is so interesting, give it a listen 🎧!

Are your genes picking your partner? Hans Fredrik Sunde on all things assortative mating

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ESSGN@essgn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What's up with partner choice and genetics? In this episode of Born and Raised, @hfsunde.bsky.social talks all things assortative mating!

If you're looking to build or deepen your knowledge in statistical genetics, the ISG Workshop (June 1–11) covers the full range: biometrics, GWAS, polygenic scores, causal inference, and more. Open to all levels, virtual, and international: www.colorado.edu/ibg/workshop... Retweets appreciated 🙏

There seem to be a whole (older) cohort of eminent social psychologists who essentially do not understand the concept of sampling error, and I wonder to what extent that lack of understanding was an adaptive trait for a career.

Follow up on the genetics of chills from art and poetry. This time, including chills from music too 🧵 ⬇️

Simon Fisher@profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A particular moment in my favourite Radiohead song always gives me goosebumps every time I play it. Turns out susceptibility to such “chills” (induced by music, poetry, art) varies between people & that genetic differences play a part. Check out our new paper, led by @giacomobignardi.bsky.social. 👇🧪

Article alert!🚨 1/11 Parents matter - and we can quantify part of that influence genetically. Our new JCPP paper on multivariate indirect maternal genetic effects across internalizing and externalizing symptoms. doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... #jcpp @uio.no @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @unioslo-uv.bsky.social

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background From a functionalist perspective, parenting behaviors have adaptive functions and are partly expressions of genetic variation. Maternal genes that have effects on children are often refer...

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This very interesting project has finally been published. Congratulations! They find stronger genetic associations with place of residence than place of birth for many traits, showing that population stratification also involves active rGE. Read @iakuznetsov.bsky.social's thread here:

@iakuznetsov.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Remember the famous UKB migration paper? We found that internal migration also shapes population structure in Estonia. Key patterns replicate within families. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

I drafted a letter to the editor, please help me out by DMing, commenting, emailing feedback if you are an expert on colliderbias, id obviosuly ad you as a author, Ideally we submit within 24-48 hrs, draft: zenodo.org/records/1800... (click download if the pdf doesnt preview on zenodo)

Welcome to my 2025 scientific publications wrapped! It's been a good year for behavioral genetics, with exciting studies on the relationship between our DNA and socio-economic outcomes, sexual behavior, personality, intelligence, and psychiatric disorders 🧬 See thread below 👇🏽

Since journal editors are still too lenient on excessive use of abbreviations, I found another use case for large language models:

Or as I often say: Friends don't let friends use abbreviations!

Daniel Lakens@lakens.bsky.social · 12mo ago

An abbreviation (ABB) in a journal article (JA) or Grant Application (GA) is rarely worth the words it saves. Every ABB requires cognitive resources (CR) and at my age by the time I'm halfway through a JA or GA I no longer have the CR to remember what your ABB stood for.

We have a new paper out on personality and mate preferences. Check it out:

Thomas H. Kleppestø@thomaskleppesto.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New paper out in Evolution & Human Behavior! Do people agree on what the ideal partner personality looks like, or is it just a reflection of their own traits? And do people care more about politics than the big five? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

1/11 New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by @ESSGNetwork PhD student @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social : Parental influence on children’s educational achievement using Trio-GCTA. doi.org/10.64898/202...

Parental Influence on Children’s Educational Achievements: Analysing Direct and Indirect Genetic Effects through Trio-GCTA

Educational achievement is a key predictor of later-life outcomes, including financial security, social mobility, health, and mortality. Knowing its familial determinants, such as genetic predispositi...

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Who wants to join us in Oslo to study how health influences educational underperformance? We are hiring PhDs postdocs candidates for our funded project. We will follow children from birth to emerging adulthood, using behavioural genetic methods and large datasets 945000.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit...

Two positions as either PhD or postdoctoral fellow on health determinants of education

Do you want to research how health influences school performance and leads to intergenerational inequality? We have two vacant 3-year positions as a PhD fellow or postdoctoral research fellow in the p...

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Its notable that some (in this case @mendelrandom.bsky.social (George Davey-Smith)) were on to him while he was alive, video a young GDS confronting Eysenk in a Q&A in 1994 for his data being inconsistent: youtu.be/K9pyS7EGCV8?...

Hans Eysenck (1994) personality and cancer lecture

YouTube video by Philip Corr

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Det er det samme i Norge. Finansieringsmodellen belønner studentens progresjon (studiepoeng, grader) og straffer de som stryker studenter. Studentenes rettsikkerhet er svært sterk, og innbyr til klaging m.v. Universitetene bør befris fra dette, og gjøres mer uavhengige!

Grodaeu@groda.eu · 8mo ago

Since we are doing university education takes: By far the most time consuming task is failing students. You are also published for it by getting less money. This creates an incentive system that is not ideal.

If a lecturer wheels in an overhead projector with transparent sheets and markers, you’re about to witness either the best or worst lecture of your life. Nothing in between.

Tomas Formo Langkaas @tflangkaas.bsky.social · 8mo ago

At this point I would prefer to see handwritten presentations with drawings.

New preprint📈📉 What happens to health and work when people become grandparents? Using Norwegian register data on all individuals born 1950-1960, we use event-study models comparing grandparents to not-yet grandparents to track changes in health and labour supply. 🔗 www.ssrn.com/abstract=571...

Cross-country analyses of EA PGI associations are a crucial step towards an increased understanding of how genetic influences occur in conjunction with societal structures - but also of the inevitable challenges that come with doing so. See this new study out in Molecular Psychiatry! ⬇️

Within- and between-family genetic effects on educational achievement vary across countries and ages - Molecular Psychiatry

Molecular Psychiatry - Within- and between-family genetic effects on educational achievement vary across countries and ages

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