A week of links

Links this week:

1. The Genetic Genealogist responds to Vox’s tabloid piece on genetic testing.

2. Attempts to correct false claims often entrench them - the backfire effect. But telling politicians they will be fact checked still reduced their number of lies. [Update: There is probably no backfire effect.]

3. Tyler Cowen suggests the gender gap will close. I’m not so sure.

4. Violence in chimps an evolutionary adaptation.

5. Another study showing low social mobility.

6. A great collection of papers on altruism, reciprocity and the glucose model of self control.