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Ok, you had some interesting points. But then I had to go look up Charles Murray... The same Charles Murray who co-authored https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B
by chillacy 10y ago
Ok, you had some interesting points. But then I had to go look up Charles Murray...
The same Charles Murray who co-authored https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve ?
> The Bell Curve argues that:
> Intelligence exists and is accurately measurable across racial, language, and national boundaries.
> Intelligence is one of, if not the most, important factors correlated to economic, social, and overall success in the United States, and its importance is increasing.
> Intelligence is largely (40% to 80%) heritable.
> No one has so far been able to manipulate IQ to a significant degree through changes in environmental factors—except for child adoption—and in the light of these failures, future successful manipulations are unlikely.
> The United States has been in denial of these facts. A better public understanding of the nature of intelligence and its social correlates is necessary to guide future policy decisions.
And who then went on to argue in Human Accomplishment that the most important humans were European males based on a biased application of Pagerank on modern encyclopedias written in English?
Not sure how he fits into this.