Dr. Nicole H. Hess

BioAnthropologist @WSU studying gossip, competition, and female friendship. Mama to Catalina&Katja. Spouse/colleague to Ed Hagen.

[Dr. Nicole H. Hess @nicolehhess]

Are college sororities a good place to study the evolved psychology of female conflict and cooperation? See my commentary on @TaniaArline's recent article on female competition:
https://t.co/uX7GOIAWSO

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

A statement from Alex Pretti’s younger sister, Micayla Pretti:

“Alex was kind, generous, and had a way of lighting up every room he walked into. He was incredibly intelligent and deeply passionate, and he made people feel safe. But most importantly, he was my brother. I had the privilege of being his little sister for 32 years. I will never be able to hug him, laugh with him, or cry to him again because of those thugs—and that is a pain no words can fully capture.

Alex always wanted to make a difference in this world, and it’s devastating that he won’t be here to witness the impact he was making. Through his work at the VA caring for the sickest patients, and passion to advance cancer research, he touched more lives than he probably ever realized. All Alex ever wanted was to help someone—anyone. Even in his very last moments on this earth, he was simply trying to do just that.

I want to thank everyone who has reached out to my family and me, whether you knew Alex personally or not. The messages, posts, and overwhelming positivity shared about him truly reflect his character, work ethic, and passions. My brother is, and always will be, my hero.

When does this end? How many more innocent lives must be lost before we say enough? Hearing disgusting lies spread about my brother is absolutely gut-wrenching, and my family is deeply grateful so many people have stood up and helped tell his truth. He would be very proud.”

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

For @Quillette, my words on Donald Symons.

[Ed Hagen @ed_hagen]

1. I know nothing about heritability of traits, but I thought I'd take a shot at understanding this famous paper. It describes a method of estimating heritability from genetic sequences that overcomes limitations of twin studies: 🧵 https://t.co/4W1iMb0vpi

[Dr. Nicole H. Hess @nicolehhess]

@theguiltlessman @NickKristof Private funding doesn't mean the research will be better. It just means that profits are the priority. Profits should not be the goal of medical research.

[Dr. Nicole H. Hess @nicolehhess]

@ToniGering @NickKristof This has nothing to do with trans anything. It is about understanding cell mechanisms in order to treat cancer, and trump disrupting emerging medical breakthroughs.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

A thread on the revolution in understanding of cell biology, interrupted by Trump’s cuts in science research.

[Cardi B @iamcardib]

I’m not a puppet Elon.. I’m a daughter of two immigrant parents that had to work their ass off to provide for me! I’m a product of welfare, I’m a product of section 8, I’m a product of poverty and I’m a product of what happens when the system is set up against you….But you don’t know nothing about that. You don’t know not one thing about the American struggle…. PS fix my algorithm

[Andy Kroll @AndyKroll]

1/ Hey, y’all - I’ve got a new investigation out.

We obtained never-before-seen videos featuring RUSS VOUGHT, a leader in the MAGA movement and former Trump official.

He lays out his sweeping plans for a second Trump admin — and his extreme vision for the country.

It's 🧵 time

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

“Today Elon Musk’s daughter let loose in an Earth scorching takedown of her dad. In fact, she identified him as a “racist bigoted motherfucker.” She then went even further, accusing her dad accused him of backing Nazi conspiracy theories.”

[Dr. Nicole H. Hess @nicolehhess]

@ed_hagen This is his wife. I approve of this message 🔪🤣👩‍🍳

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

Well worth retweeting

[Ed Hagen @ed_hagen]

1. Ethical research in evolutionary psychology (EP) and human genetics (HG): A view from a cynical sociobiologist (me). 🧵

[Colin Camerer @CFCamerer]

Brilliant and gets incentives right!

[Ed Hagen @ed_hagen]

1. Much human genetic variation is phenotypically meaningless. Why? Cooperative genes are locked in a forever war w/ selfish genes. The cooperative genes have won most battles but now our genomes are littered with the dead & decaying bodies of a million selfish genes. 🧵

[Yzar Wehbe إزار وهبي @YzarWehbe]

When John Tooby and @CosmidesLeda received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the @HumBehEvoSoc in Vancouver in 2016.
It ends with John saying: "You'll have to pry the keyboard out of my cold dead hands." 🥲
I had to trim 20 seconds of more clapping to upload this on X. See 👇

[Dr. Nicole H. Hess @nicolehhess]

@JaimieKrems What I just saw this!?! You’re far too kind <3. And then I go and fail. But the Th night convo was worth it to me! Gotta pick it up in LA soon…🕶️xo

[Brooke N. Macnamara @BrookeMacnamara]

Our systematic review & pre-registered meta-analysis of growth mindset interventions on academic achievement https://t.co/3elVhltkvT and our reply to commentaries is now out in Psychological Bulletin.

A (long) thread.

[Dr. Nicole H. Hess @nicolehhess]

@michael_barlev Provolone and grilled eggplant on whole wheat sourdough.

[Ed Hagen @ed_hagen]

Addendum 5: Overview of the data by society

Labels: authors of the studies reporting the data

Dots: the size of the dot is the number of individual returns of that mass in kg

x-axis is on a log scale, so 1 = hunter returned empty-handed (lots of hunters returned empty-handed)

[Ed Hagen @ed_hagen]

The most comprehensive individual-level data on hunting I know.

23,747 observations of 1821 individual hunters at 40 sites

23,472 records from 1403 male hunters
309 records from 114 female hunters

Total metric tons of meat
M: 255
F: 0.7

1/2
https://t.co/G1H8vGj0gh