David Sun
arcticinstincts.bsky.social
David Sun
@arcticinstincts.bsky.social
Fellow @Science_Seeds ex @UW Exploring modern and ancestral ecological/climatic influences on personality and culture. #Arcticism
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Study in 'Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology' tests the Late Pleistocene Arctic origins of East Asian psychology using ancient and modern DNA, showing climate-linked selection on Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism across the Late Quaternary. bit.ly/43DRa1z #AcademicSky #DevPsy #PsycSci
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Arctic instincts: The personality of East Asians

'lactose tolerance genes in Europeans are a fraction of genetic variation yet altered the course of history... Arcticist traits may underlie habits like stifled expression & social rigidity...'

www.aporiamagazine.com/p/arctic-ins...
Arctic instincts: The personality of East Asians
Is Confucianism a cause or a consequence of Chinese psychology?
www.aporiamagazine.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Check out the latest in cross-cultural psychology! I show evidence that underrepresented groups like Tibetans, Papuans, Sherpas, Amish, Finns, Nepalis, Mongols, and many East Asian groups have the ideal personality complexes for space and mars missions.

open.substack.com/pub/davidsun...
Are calm introverts (like East Asians) uniquely suited for Space travel & Mars missions?
Why deep space programs select for emotionally suppressive, agreeable, hardworking introverts
open.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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East Asian personality may stem from Ice Age Siberia 20000 yrs ago

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<a href="https://davidsun.substack.com/p/the-origins-of-arcticism-theory" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://davidsun.substack.com/p/the-origins-of-arcticism-theory
March 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I am the author of this paper. You are invited to write a rebuttal or provide counterevidence. There's plenty of ad homs against me in your thread yet no counterargument or counterevidence.
October 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
My first scientific paper went viral on X w 1m+ views, follows from top scholars, founders, but also gulag threats.

My new peer-reviewed APA paper shows general East Asian personality may be shaped by selective pressures of Ice Age Siberia ~20000 yrs ago❄️

📖 doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000373

How so?🧵👇
March 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM