Kanazawa, Satoshi

In parallel with his research activities in the field of evolutionary psychology , in 2008 he began to blog under the name “Scientific Fundamentalist” on the web version of Psychology Today , in which he posted some of his articles, which often provoked public outrage, lively discussions and were the reasons for writing various articles criticizing him. So, for example, on May 18, 2011, the Guardian newspaper published an article entitled “ Satoshi Kanazawa's racist nonsense should not be tolerated” ^[6] , and on the web forum Big Think in 2012 an article was published titled "The bad science of Satoshi Kanazawa" ^[7] . Kanazawa himself in his article entitled “ If the truth offends, then it is our job to offend ” ( Eng. “If the truth offends, it's our job to offend” ) pointed out that such unrest and public attacks occur only because that there are such concepts as political correctness and censorship ^[8] . In 2011, in response to the controversial articles of Kanazawa, the editors of Psychology Today forbade him to publish articles on his resource. Also, the London School of Economics and Political Science ( LSE ), in which he works, forbade him to publish 12-month non-peer-reviewed articles ^[9] , and a group of specialists in evolutionary psychology stated that Satoshi Kanazawa “does not speak for all evolutionary psychologists” ^[10] . In September 2012, he was hired by the Big Think blog as a writing editor , where he worked until March 29, 2013 ^[4] . Today she continues to work at the London School of Economics and Political Science . Leads a microblog on Twitter .

The Savannah Principle

The Savannah Principle was articulated by Kanazawa in his book Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters . It consists in the fact that a man formed in the African savannah and after leaving there practically did not evolve. And that is why many people experience social difficulties living in a modern industrial society. The “ principle of savannah ” was mainly accepted positively by researchers, although the book itself contains many important controversial points ^[11] . Also, this principle was disclosed in detail in an article entitled " The Savanna Principle " ( Eng. "The Savanna Principle" ), published in the journal "Managerial and Decision Economics" June 4, 2003 ^[12] .

Intelligence

Most of Kanazawa's articles are devoted to explaining the reasons for the difference in levels of intellectual development in people of different sexes, ages, races, sexual orientation, etc. For example, in the article “ Intelligence and homosexuality ” in the Journal of Biosocial Science , Kanazawa argues that more intelligent people are more likely to acquire and support evolutionarily new preferences and values ​​than less intelligent . And also, that more intelligent people are more likely to become homosexual ^[13] . In another article entitled “ Why beautiful people are more intelligent” in the Intelligence magazine, Kanazawa concludes that beautiful people are more intelligent based on 4 statements: 1) more intelligent men are capable more likely to achieve a higher status; 2) men of a higher status are more likely to have more beautiful women; 3) intelligence is inherited; 4) beauty is inherited; and if these 4 assumptions are true, then the statement that beautiful people are more intelligent is logically true ^[14] . Kanazawa also explains the differences in intellectual development in a number of articles, such as: “ Why Smart People Drink More Alcohol” ( Why Why Vegetable Drink More Alcohol ), Why Vegetarians are Smarter than Carnivores ( Why Vegetarians Are More Intelligent than Meat Eaters ” ),“ Why Night Owls Are More Intelligent Than Morning Larks ” , Why Why Atheists Are Smarter Than Religious People ( Why Atheists Are More Intelligent Than the Religious ” ) and so on ^[15] .

Crime

In his work, Kanazawa comes to the conclusion that the commission of crimes by men depends not only on evolutionary factors, but also largely on the conditions in which the individual is. He writes: “our theory only explains why people want to commit a crime, but not why they actually commit it”, he also draws a parallel between the intensity of criminal behavior with the age of men and says that the need for crimes grows rapidly in adolescence and just as quickly falls in adulthood, and then remains at the lowest level for the rest of life ^[16] . The article " Why productivity fades with age: The crime – genius connection" ) says that in most cases, scientists make their most significant discoveries before age 30, similar to how criminals commit most crimes at the same age. And this is explained by the need for competitiveness among young individuals in a society (group), as well as the fact that the need for competitiveness “turns off” after marriage and the appearance of children ^[17] .

Kanazawa also argued that a high level of IQ in most regions of the world is a guarantee of an individual’s well-being, with the exception of Black Africa regions, where well-being is more dependent on wealth than IQ , explaining that Black Africa is “ evolutionarily familiar ” a habitat with less IQ selection pressure than in other regions. George Alisson, in his critical review of Kanazawa’s beliefs, stated that this conclusion was based on “ erroneous assumptions, dubious data, incorrect analysis and biased interpretations ” ^[18] . Another assumption by Kanazawa in the journal Journal of Theoretical Biology that attractive people are 26% less likely to have male offspring ^[19] . There was criticism from the American statistician Andrew Gelman , who in his article “ Of Beauty, Sex and Power ” pointed out the incorrect calculation of the percentage ratio, which was not 26%, but only 8%. Gelman also argues that Kanazawa's analysis does not convincingly show cause-effect relationships due to possible endogenousness , as well as due to the ambiguity in interpreting statistical significance in multiple comparisons ^[20] .

The article that caused the most public outburst was published on Kanazawa’s blog in Psychology Today , titled “Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women”, called Physically Attractive Black Women . Kanazawa, in his analysis, referred to the National Longitudinal Research on Adolescent Health . However, subsequent independent critical analysis of the results showed that in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent, differences in attractiveness ratings were found in three of the four data sets, statistically significant racial differences were only among younger women, and these differences disappeared by the beginning of their adult life ^{[21 ]} . Kanazawa was also criticized for the fact that the factor analysis of subjective assessments of the respondents' attractiveness, which he conducted in his work, forms an objective scale of attractiveness ^[22] . An article called "Black women less attractive" blogpost: Anger grows was published on the English online news resource International Business Times , which stated that the University of London student union was demanding the dismissal of Kanazawa. And on Facebook and Change.org , petitions were signed by two thousand people demanding that Psychology Today “ stop publishing racist and sexist articles .” In response, the editors of Psychology Today deleted Kanazawa's article and forbade him to publish articles on this resource. And the London School of Economics stated that “The views of the academician are his own views and do not represent the LSE ” ^[23] . Subsequently, Kanazawa apologized to the director of the London School of Economics, Judith Rice, saying that he “ sincerely apologizes for having hit the school’s reputation ” and “ deeply regrets ” the “ unintended consequences ” of the blog and acknowledged that “ some of (his) arguments could be erroneous and not supported by the available data ” ^[24] . In turn, the LSE administration forbade him to publish articles that did not pass expert evaluations during the year ^[9] .

In June 2011, an international group of 23 scientists advocated Kanazawa's work. They published an open letter to Times Higher Education stating that, despite critics' claims that Kanazawa’s work is “ bad, ” he is the author of more than 70 articles in psychology , sociology , biology, and medicine that have successfully peer-reviewed and received positive reviews from experts, and many of these articles were published in top scientific journals. The letter also indicates that Kanazawa published several articles in which he constructively responds to criticisms of his works and expresses the general opinion of scientists that criticisms should be published in the journals where the works critics believe that they are erroneous, but not in the general press, where they cannot be adequately evaluated ^[25] .

Kanazawa has published several books published in various languages ^[26] :

• Kanazawa, Satoshi. 2012. The Intelligence Paradox: Why the Intelligent Choice Isn't Always the Smart One. New York: Wiley.
• Kanazawa, Satoshi. 2012. 지능 의 사생활: 연애 에서 식성 까지 우리 의 행동 을 결정 짓는 IQ 의 맨 얼굴. Seoul: Woongjin Big Think Company. (Korean edition)
• Kanazawa, Satoshi. 2015. 知能 の パ ラ ド ッ ク ス. Kyoto: PHP Institute. (Japanese edition)
• Kanazawa, Satoshi. 2015. Proto Paradoksas: Kodėl Intelektualai Kartais Elgiasi Keistokai. Vilnius: VšĮ Gelmės. (Lithuanian edition)
  • A Brazilian edition to be published by Autêntica Editora.
  • A Greek edition to be published by Thrasyvoulos Drakoulis.

In collaboration with Alan Miller ^[26] :

• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2007. Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters. New York: Penguin.
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2007. Perché Agli Uomini Piacciono le Curve e le Donne Adorano i Diamanti. Milan: Edizioni Piemme. (Italian edition)
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2007. 女 が 男 を 厳 し く 選 ぶ 理由. Tokyo: Hankyu Communications. (Japanese edition)
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2007. Por Que Homens Jogam e Mulheres Compram Sapatos. Rio de Janeiro: Prestigio Editorial. (Brazilian edition)
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2007. Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters, narrated by Stephen Hoye. Old Saybrook: Tantor Media. (Audio CD / MP3 edition)
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2007. Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters. Amazon Digital Services. (Amazon Kindle edition)
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2008. Kodėl Gražiems Gimsta Mergaitės: Įvadas į Evoliucijos Psichologiją. Vilnius: Tyto Alba. (Lithuanian edition)
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2008. 為什麼 美女 總是 生 女兒？ Taipei: Sun Color Culture. (Complex Chinese edition)
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2008. 처음 읽는 진화 심리학. Seoul: Woongjin Knowledge House. (Korean edition)
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2010. Zoshto Tell Xie Kotskaat And Marry Kupuvaat Chevli. Skopje: Tabahon. (Macedonian edition)
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2010. 生猛 的 进化 心理学. Shenyang: Volumes Publishing. (Simplified Chinese edition)
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2010. Dlaczego Piękni Ludzie Mają Więcej Córek? Szczecin: Albatros Wydawnictwo. (Polish edition)
  • A Greek edition to be published by Motibo Publishing.
  • A Romanian edition to be published by Vellant Publishing.
  • A Turkish edition to be published by Paravan Yayinlari.
• Miller, Alan S. and Satoshi Kanazawa. 2000. Order by Accident: The Origins and Consequences of Conformity in Contemporary Japan. Boulder: Westview.

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