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wryter2000

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1. The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 02:06 PM

Jul 2019

The book is old now, but it shows the history of bias and outright faking of data in the pseudoscientific field of race and IQ. Definitely worth reading. The title of the book is deliberately sexist to point out the European male bias in the research.

I may have to buy this new book, too.

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The Disturbing Resilience of Scientific Racism [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2019 OP

The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould wryter2000 Jul 2019 #1

Gould is one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th Century SCantiGOP Jul 2019 #2

I love his books wryter2000 Jul 2019 #3