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Why Is Most Journalism About IQ So Bad?

It is easy to create a negative image of intelligence research because most people know very little about the topic. But distorting intelligence research does a disservice to the field’s hard-working scientists and the general public.

Russell T. Warne

30 Oct 2024 · 13 min read

Noah Carl: An Update on the Young Scholar Fired by a Cambridge College for Thoughtcrime

Unfortunately, St. Edmund’s College did the bidding of the protestors, launched two separate investigations and last month terminated Noah Carl’s employment.

Quillette

28 May 2019 · 6 min read

Genes, Environment, and Luck: What We Can and Cannot Control

Michael Shermer

6 Jan 2019 · 14 min read

Should We Use Genetic Technology to Boost Human Intelligence?

Instead of using the label “eugenics” to discredit advocates of genetic enhancement, it would be more productive to ask what precisely we deem unacceptable and why.

Julien Delhez

5 Jan 2019 · 12 min read

Every Schoolchild Should Read This Book

If read early enough, Innate might provide some inoculation against bad or naïve information about human nature and the indisputable role played by genes.

Richard Haier

20 Dec 2018 · 6 min read

What Does Genetic Research Tell Us About Equal Opportunity and Meritocracy?

Are genetic castes inevitable?

Robert Plomin

15 Oct 2018 · 18 min read

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Is Sociogenomics Racist?

Those scientists who want to draw attention to the racial bias in genetic research but who don’t want to acknowledge the scientific validity of race are in a tricky position.

Toby Young

15 Oct 2018 · 22 min read