Humanity does not like the lense of science to be turned upon itself and there will be people who are offended, dismissive or try to hold this academic work to

Humanity does not like the lense of science to be turned upon itself and there will be people who are offended, dismissive or try to hold this academic work to an impossibly high standard - much higher standard than they would for a study they find more palatable. The truth of the matter is that a decrease in the latent genetic 'g' is what we should expect given a basic understanding of evolution and the structure of modern society which removes (and reverses) the evolutionary pressure. Of course 'g' as with any system of caterogisation is problematic, but no more so than other less contraversial concepts we regularly use. So let's not allow ourselves be stripped of concepts we need to reason about things - 1984 style. Evolution is an unfair system, and all attempts to restore (reproductive) fairness undermine evolution. The obvious compromise is to have fairness in other matters but not reproduction. For example possibly you shouldn't be allowed to have many children if you cannot support the first one(s). Of course others would say the solution genetic engineering (a technological get out of jail free card), thats another debate entirely (ok, not entirely).