Superior
by Angela Saini · first published 2019
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You may be interested in reading Superior: The Return of Race Science which is a comprehensive debunking of your racist ideology. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Superior-Return-Science-Angela-Sain...
Also for me it didn't seem to work well. I entered "Bell Curve" by Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray and "12 rules for life" by Peterson ... I would have expected something of the likes of "Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini" or "How to argue with a racist by Adam Rutherford" to pop up, as both of them present well reasoned arguments against the world view depicted in the previous…
on “Show HN: An anti-book recommendation tool, to help you escape your echo chamber” ↗…not Greek or Roman at all, but thoroughly and proudly Christian" So he does not believe in God, yet he defines himself as Christian :) I said Christian author, no contradiction there. I also recommend Superior from Angela Saini as a read. You don't need God to believe in Universal Human Rights and Ethics. Seeing the recent abuse scandals, in the catholic church I find organized religion is a bigger problem…
on ““The Onion” Files a Supreme Court Brief” ↗…how damaging this theory truly was, and what the motivation was of policy makers that believed in this pseudo-science. Gould did a terrific job doing exactly that, and a more recent work of Angela Saini Superior: The Return of Race Science is another powerful account of this history, although she is not as optimistic about the state of affairs as I am.
on “American IQ Scores Have Rapidly Dropped, Proving the 'Reverse Flynn Effect'” ↗…differences between races. There are real ancestry differences across populations that correlate to the social constructions we have. We have to deal with that. — David Reich, quoted in Angela Saini, Superior: The Return to Race Science, (Chapter 7: Roots)
on “A California professor sues over new DEIA performance reviews” ↗