Interesting Links for 06-03-2012

[andrewducker]

• Replacing Trident makes no sense
  (tags: nuclearweapons politics uk )
• New mortgage scheme gets go-ahead in Scotland.
  I'm not convinced by this - the reason the banks want a large deposit is in case the prices fall. If this happens then the government will be left in debt.
  (tags: housing mortgages scotland )
• Did you ever read Goats? Would you like it to be finished? There's a Kickstarter...
  (tags: kickstarter Goats )
• The terror inherent in explaining homosexuality to children
  (tags: TheHorror children lgbt )
• The Politics of Star Wars
  (tags: politics starwars )
• Algernon's Law - can anyone spot the obvious flaw?
  (tags: evolution intelligence )
• More left-wing people need to be educated about economics
  (tags: economics )
• Why do people leave their religion?
  (tags: religion christianity )
• The UK is planning on opening up a tax loophole.
  (tags: uk tax )
• Jesus is a Rorscach blot - everyone sees what they want to.
  (tags: religion christianity jesus politics )
• The New Networked Feminism: Limbaugh's Spectacular Social Media Defeat
  (tags: feminism internet society communication )
• Teen rape tackled in Home Office advertising campaign
  (tags: uk rape advertising )
• 24bit 192kHz Music Downloads are Very Silly Indeed
  (tags: music digital sound technology )

Comments

[gwern branwen (from livejournal.com)]

The defects *have* to be relatively rare for heterozygote advantage to be fitness-improving in the postulated Ashkenazi historical context. If half your infants die of genetic diseases, you need the other half to be basically Supermen who bed Lois Lanes every other day to make up for your losses. At a rate like 1% or whatever the real rate is, then it becomes more possible for a small increase in IQ to have enough of an expected-value to pay for the genetic defects.

In any case, it's just one example.