<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jason Collins blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jasoncollins.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jasoncollins.blog/author/jasonacollins/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[A week of&nbsp;links]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Links this week:</p>
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<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://www.replicatedtypo.com/uncovering-spurious-correlations-between-language-and-culture/6396.html" target="_blank">Sean Roberts on spurious correlations over at Replicated Typo</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/bursting-the-neuro-utopian-bubble/?_r=0" target="_blank">Some babble on the neuroscience bubble</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/why-do-jews-succeed-" target="_blank">Why do Jews succeed</a>?&nbsp;<a href="http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/how-successful-are-jews-really.html" target="_blank">Noah Smith throws some reasons out there</a>,&nbsp;but I expect Smith&#8217;s explanations would do a poor job of explaining ultra-success in the form of, say, Nobel prizes. And here&#8217;s <a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/millman/fighting-bigotry-without-political-correctness/" target="_blank">Noah Millman&#8217;s take</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;">And finally, below, an interview with Leda Cosmides (HT: <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-murder-and-the-meaning-life/201308/interview-leda-cosmides" target="_blank">Douglas Kenrick</a>).</li>
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