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Steve Stewart-Williams
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Psychology, evolution, science. Author of "The Ape That Understood the Universe" (2018) and "Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life" (2010). https://www.stevestewartwilliams.com/
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Nov 22
It's out! The paperback edition of my book, THE APE THAT UNDERSTOOD THE UNIVERSE, featuring a new foreword by Michael Shermer. www.amazon.com/Ape-that-Und...

You can read the first chapter here: assets.cambridge.org/97811087/327...

...and here's a sample of reactions to the book... 👇
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 22h
"Decades of research show that as learning conditions improve, gaps between the most able and the least able students widen rather than shrink - and that well-meaning efforts to equalize outcomes often only mask differences rather than eliminate them." www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/intelligen...
Intelligence and Education
Confronting the elephant in the room
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 4d
Beyond General Intelligence: The Genetics of Specific Cognitive Abilities

What your genes say about how you think

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Beyond General Intelligence: The Genetics of Specific Cognitive Abilities
What your genes say about how you think
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 7d
Top 12 Jane Goodall Quotes

Remembering a Scientist Who Changed the Way We See Ourselves

#RIPJaneGoodall

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Top 12 Jane Goodall Quotes
Remembering a scientist who changed the way we see ourselves
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 7d
Therapy by the Numbers

What a new meta-analysis reveals about the effectiveness of psychotherapy

My latest post on Substack!

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Therapy by the Numbers
Talking works - but some problems listen more than others
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 11d
Invisible Tigers, a New View of Autism, and the Gender-Equality Paradox

The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Linkfest for September 2025!

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Invisible Tigers, a New View of Autism, and the Gender-Equality Paradox
The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Linkfest for September 2025
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 12d
"A massive UK study found that genes associated with earlier childbirth in women and higher BMI in men are being favored by natural selection. Meanwhile, genes associated with intelligence and educational attainment are being selected against."

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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 12d
Survey: “How many unarmed Black men were killed by police in 2021?”

-40% of "Very Liberals": 1,000+
-16% of "Very Conservatives": 1,000+
-Actual number: 11

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Rob Sica @robsica.bsky.social · 12d
"Self-censorship skills are deeply ingrained in nonclinical human psychology, and their expression comes in degrees... Psychologically, the default state of political cognition with respect to free expression may be a state of moral hypocrisy"
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Why do political activists repress speech, especially to protect simplistic ideological narratives? I argue that speech repression stems from at least three key motivations: hypersensitivity to socia...
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 18d
12 Things Everyone Should Know About Evolutionary Theory

My latest post on Substack!

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12 Things Everyone Should Know About Evolutionary Theory
The greatest idea anyone ever had
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 21d
Top 10 Warren Farrell Quotes: Provocative Perspectives on Masculinity and Gender Equality www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/top-10-war...
Top 10 Warren Farrell Quotes
Provocative perspectives on masculinity and gender equality
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 25d
The Problem of Free Will, Part 2: Determined to Be Free.

Can free will and determinism co-exist?

My latest post on Substack!

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The Problem of Free Will, Part 2: Determined to Be Free
Can free will and determinism co-exist?
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 28d
Smarter People Commit Less Crime: What 20,000 Finns Tell Us About IQ and Offending stevestewartwilliams.substack.com/p/smarter-pe...
Smarter People Commit Less Crime
What 20,000 Finns tell us about IQ and offending
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · 28d
Pets as Substitute Children

My latest post on Substack!

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Pets as Substitute Children
An evolutionary perspective on our love of other animals and our habit of keeping pets
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Sep 6
Six More Myths About Gender, Race, and Inequality

My latest post on Substack!

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Six More Myths About Gender, Race, and Inequality
Debunking widespread misconceptions with data: Part 2
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Aug 30
The World’s First Behavior Transplant, 6 New Findings on Personality, and the Placebo Effect’s Evil Twin

The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Linkfest for August 2025

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The World’s First Behavior Transplant, 6 New Findings on Personality, and the Placebo Effect’s Evil Twin
The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Linkfest for August 2025
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Aug 28
"We’ve got good evidence, for instance, that prenatal testosterone helps explain why, on average, men are more aggressive than women, why they’re less parental, and why they’re more interested in things and less interested in people." www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/testostero...
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Aug 27
Testosterone, Masculinity, and Men's Health www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/testostero...
Testosterone, Masculinity, and Men's Health
Why this misunderstood hormone may matter more than you think
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Aug 23
12 Things Everyone Should Know About the Big Five Personality Traits

My latest post on Substack!

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12 Things Everyone Should Know About the Big Five Personality Traits
What research reveals about the five pillars of personality
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Aug 20
Top 12 Sigmund Freud Quotes www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/top-12-sig...
Top 12 Sigmund Freud Quotes
Sometimes a quote is just a quote
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Aug 16
Beyond Body Count: How Many Past Partners Are Too Many?

Our new paper in Nature's Scientific Reports

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Beyond Body Count: How Many Past Partners Are Too Many?
Our new paper in Nature's Scientific Reports
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Aug 14
Can life events change your personality?

Yes, but there's a catch.

My latest post on Substack!

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Can Life Events Change Your Personality?
Yes, but there's a catch
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Aug 13
Faking wokeness to fit in: 88% of students report pretending to hold more progressive views than they really do. www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/faking-wok...
Faking Wokeness to Fit In
88% of students report pretending to hold more progressive views than they really do
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Aug 6
I’ll be discussing and defending the gametic definition of sex in my next book, A Billion Years of Sex Differences. x.com/hoovlet/stat...

Watch this space... www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/books
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Aug 6
Who's More Obedient, Left or Right?

My latest post on Substack! [No paywall.]

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Who's More Obedient, Left or Right?
It depends on who's giving the orders
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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Aug 2
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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The Problem of Free Will
Part I: It was always going to be the case that I would write this post
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