This is part of a series. See the index here. My health was not 100% this past week and my ongoing conversation with Cameron has been quite involved. This contributed to a rushed writing and production of “Hypergamy or Adultery” in order to meet Friday’s publication deadline. It’s not that …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. You are probably familiar with the bell curve. What you may be less familiar with is the concept that males tend to have greater variability than females (i.e. they have different bell curves): This is why, for example, men are …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. In my post “Methodology,” I lamented how there was so little substantive evidence supporting the concept of hypergamy. The enthusiasm for the concept far outstrips the quality and quantity of the evidence supporting it. Most of the evidence exists in …| Derek L. Ramsey
I recently saw an article in which something caught my eye. Let’s see if you can see it too (hint: I highlighted it in bold). The author of this article is saying that one side says while the other side shows. These are critically different approaches. On Monday I posted this: One side says …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. Deti has responded to my Part 3 post on luck here, here, and here. Here are a few snipped statements: Even though I have already proved mathematically that luck has nothing to do with it, I want to show additional data …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. After writing “Hypergamy and Male Variability,” I received a lot of comments that merit fuller responses to do them justice. I’m going to try to respond to some of them here. Lastmod’s Comment That’s the narrative, for sure. It is …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. This is an ideas blog. But it’s not just any ideas blog. We are data driven. This is why, during the now 16-part series, we have firmly rejected hypergamy: it fails empirical verification. Recently in society there has been a …| Derek L. Ramsey
This is part of a series. See the index here. Hypergamy is properly defined as “marrying up” and polygamy is properly defined as “marrying multiple people.” But these terms can also both be applied more generally to any romantic relationship, including dating above one’s station (i.e. hypergamy) or dating multiple …| Derek L. Ramsey