The Mismeasure of Man
by Stephen Jay Gould
Recommended by Geoffrey Miller and Jerry Coyne
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Best Science Books, Psychology, and Science.
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.How smart are you If that question doesn't spark a dozen more questions in your mind (like "What do you mean by 'smart,'" "How do I measure it" and "Who's asking"), then The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould's masterful demolition of the IQ industry, should be required reading. Gould'...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Best Science Books, Psychology, and Science.
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Geoffrey Miller
“Gould's book 'The mismeasure of man' was one of the 20th century's most influential works of farLeftist ideological pseudoscience. Everyone in intelligence research knows this, and nobody in schools of education seems to. | It’s written so well, and it’s so engrossing. There’s a lot of statistics and discussion of mathematics in there, but it’s a really good book – in the last couple of paragraphs you can find some of the finest prose I’ve seen written in science.”
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