Human Diversity
Gender, Race, Class, and Genes
by Charles Murray · first published 2020
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All people are equal but, as Human Diversity explores, all groups of people are not the same -- a fascinating investigation of the genetics and neuroscience of human differences. The thesis of Human Diversity is that advances in genetics and neuroscience are overthrowing an intellectual orthodoxy that has ruled the social sciences for decades. The core of the orthodoxy consists of three dogmas: gender is a social construct, race is a social construct, and class is a function of privilege. The problem is that all three dogmas are half-truths. They have stifled progress in understanding the rich
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…Lynn (1991) [Here is a summary... I'll check out the video at some point, but it is very long so I'll have to find the time. A substantive critique would be appreciated. Murray's most recent work on human diversity, Human Diversity, is also very much worth checking out, as it does far more to address issues, like race, that people seem to be so upset about. If you want to hear from the perspective of someone who…
on “Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles” ↗A good book on this topic was The IQ Controversy, the Media and Public Policy (1988) by Mark Snyderman and Stanley Rothman. A forthcoming book by a co-author of The Bell Curve is Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class (2020) by Charles Murray.
on “Survey of Expert Opinion on Intelligence” ↗