Steve Stewart-Williams

The Problem of Free Will Part I: It was always going to be the case that I would write this post

The Problem of Free Will

It was always going to be the case that I would write this post...

The first part in my two-part series on free will and whether we have it!

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Octopuses Fall for the Rubber Hand Illusion Amazing!

Amazing: Octopuses fall for the rubber hand illusion! www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/octopuses-...

The Politicization of Medicine How ideology has infiltrated medical institutions, distorted their priorities, and politicized the physician's role

The Politicization of Medicine: How Ideology Has Infiltrated Medical Institutions, Distorted Their Priorities, and Politicized the Physician's Role

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Natural Selection in Modern Humans Three generations of selection against educational attainment in the US

Link: Natural Selection in Modern Humans: Three generations of selection against educational attainment in the US www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/natural-se...

Are humans still evolving? A new study looks at natural selection in modern Americans. It finds that genes associated with educational attainment are being selected against, while genes associated with depression, asthma, and earlier first birth are being favored.

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My all-time favourite example of survivorship bias.

From the Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Linkfest for July 2025: "Survivorship Bias, the Myth of the Shrinking Middle Class, and What Men Will Do to Avoid Baldness"

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Professors Behaving Badly How self-interest and bad incentives corrupted the Ivory Tower

Professors Behaving Badly: How Self-Interest and Bad Incentives Corrupted the Ivory Tower

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“In some cases, activism attracts individuals with less than noble motives. According to one new study, this includes pathological narcissists, who use social-justice activism as a way to virtue signal and put themselves above other people.” www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/ten-new-fi...

Cognitive Chicanery Five ways we dodge facts that offend us

Cognitive Chicanery: Five Ways We Dodge Facts That Offend Us

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Top 18 Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes A selection of Nietzsche’s spikiest lines - plus one that’s surprisingly sweet

“There is a point in the history of society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it.”

-Friedrich Nietzsche

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Top 18 Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes A selection of Nietzsche’s spikiest lines - plus one that’s surprisingly sweet

Top 18 Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

A selection of Nietzsche’s spikiest lines - plus one that’s surprisingly sweet

My latest post on Subst@ck!

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Sexual Assault as a Crime Against the Young Youth is almost as big a risk factor for sexual victimization as gender

Sexual Assault as a Crime Against the Young

Youth is almost as big a risk factor for sexual victimization as gender

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Fascinating: Most popular stand-alone personality traits used in psychology – self-esteem, grit, etc. – can be subsumed to the Big Five. www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/five-trait...

Is Romantic Love a Western Invention? No

Is romantic love a Western invention perpetuated by Hollywood movies, pop songs, and Valentine’s Day cards?

No.

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Does Intelligence Protect Against Mental Illness? A new study says yes

Does Intelligence Protect Against Mental Illness? A new study says yes www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/does-intel...

The Radicalization of Young Women It's not just young men we need to worry about

The Radicalization of Young Women www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/the-radica...

12 Things Everyone Should Know About Behavior Genetics

1. All traits are partially heritable

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N3 Newsletter Summer Deal Get 20% off for a year

To celebrate the 200th post of my newsletter, The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Newsletter, I'm offering a limited-time offer of 20% off a paid subscription. Sign up today! www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/n3-newslet...

10,000 Steps, Repressed Memories, and Making Other Animals Smarter The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Linkfest for June 2025

10,000 Steps, Repressed Memories, and Making Other Animals Smarter

The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Linkfest for June 2025

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“Activists… argue that whites cannot be the victims of racism, or men the victims of sexism. Likewise, whether people can be victims of new offenses like cultural appropriation or microaggression, depends on their identity.” www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/12-things-...

The tendency to see oneself as a victim strongly predicts support for political violence. stevestewartwilliams.substack.com/p/12-things-...

N3 Newsletter Summer Deal Get 20% off for a year

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Feedback on DEI Plans at My University Plus a list of resources on what works - and what doesn't

Feedback on DEI Plans at My University
Plus a list of resources on what works - and what doesn't

My 200th post on Substack!

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“Ironically, people who see themselves as victims often feel entitled to mistreat others.” www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/12-things-...

12 Things Everyone Should Know About the Psychology of Victimhood The strange allure of being wronged

“People more readily stereotype women as victims and men as perpetrators. As a result, harm to women tends to evoke more concern than equivalent harm to men - and people are more inclined to punish male than female wrongdoers.” www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/12-things-...

“People with manipulative, narcissistic, or psychopathic tendencies sometimes weaponize victimhood: They exaggerate harm, fabricate grievances, and leverage sympathy to exploit others’ better nature.” www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/12-things-...

Psychologists have identified a personality trait they call the Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood. It reflects a chronic sense of being wronged, and includes four key components: Need for recognition; moral elitism; lack of empathy; and rumination. www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/12-things-...

12 Things Everyone Should Know About the Psychology of Victimhood www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/12-things-...

Research suggest that the "woke" worldview is associated with depression and anxiety. www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/dividing-t...

Sex Differences in Personality Across Cultures What a global study reveals about the psychological differences between men and women

Многу сеопфатно виа @stevestuwill.bsky.social: "Глобално истражување открива информации за психолошките разлики меѓу мажите и жените".
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