tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post1081405364182496219..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Bell Curve @20 @HarvardSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-80955048001676255042014-07-30T01:14:28.104-04:002014-07-30T01:14:28.104-04:00They're both popular science books that many c...They're both popular science books that many critics have attacked for promoting racist views because the authors dared to tell the truth.<br /><br /><br />Other than that, they share no commonalities. Wade does not - as you first claimed - say "essentially the same things as Murray did." Wade doesn't talk about IQ that much in his book, and he's not sympathetic to the Pincher Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-16489454300497135262014-07-27T13:41:39.029-04:002014-07-27T13:41:39.029-04:00Pincher,
I, Charles Murray, and Nicholas Wade all ...Pincher,<br />I, Charles Murray, and Nicholas Wade all believe the two books are similar - as do the publishers and the majority of the critics.You hold a different and minority position.Pat Boylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-90965784947466588582014-07-25T14:28:22.305-04:002014-07-25T14:28:22.305-04:00Pat,
Yet twenty years later Wade says essentiall...Pat,<br /><br /><br />Yet twenty years later Wade says essentially the same things as Murray did - and there have been almost no modifications to the story. All those clever arguments as to why we shouldn't believe in IQ or racial differences have gathered no new support in the following decades. The same tests yield the same results as they did when Murray wrote his book.<br /><br /><br /><Pincher Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-3196564426234424922014-07-23T14:55:52.991-04:002014-07-23T14:55:52.991-04:00I think it was the AFQT that was part of the NLSY7...I think it was the AFQT that was part of the NLSY79. https://www.nlsinfo.org/content/cohorts/nlsy79/other-documentation/codebook-supplement/nlsy79-attachment-106-profiles<br />If that isn't what you want it might be good to give the time of the mention you are referring to.Richard Seiternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-6324929276076398262014-07-23T07:07:51.605-04:002014-07-23T07:07:51.605-04:00The big government test Murray mentions, which one...The big government test Murray mentions, which one is that? Link?Emil Kirkegaardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-19305211127632592062014-07-22T14:43:32.230-04:002014-07-22T14:43:32.230-04:00The first thing that surprised me was the discussi...The first thing that surprised me was the discussion on Nicolas Wade's forthcoming book. I had not checked the date of the video so that was unexpected. The real story is overlooked in most of the reviews of Wade's book. The "Bell Curve" was very controversial at the time it was released. Quasi-scientific magazines and political commentary periodicals set up 'He Said - She Pat Boylenoreply@blogger.com