Nice Scatterplot write up (and interesting comment section) on the Satoshi Kanazawa "Why are black women less attractive?" blogging scandal over at LSE.
"Why not offer legal protections to the ugly, as we do with racial, ethnic and religious minorities, women and handicapped individuals?"
"In popular mythology, the impressive performances of America’s blacks, especially Owens, so infuriated Hitler that he refused to shake Owens’s hand after his victory in the 100-meter dash. It’s a good story, and one widely disseminated at the time to show that the Olympic spirit had triumphed over Nazi racism. The problem is, it never happened."
I've never seen Firefly, but I still found this interesting. (via aaronsw)