The dogma of American conservatism is to look backward, which means you're usually out of date in understanding progress and usually wrong in understanding the human condition.
Dan Agin | Posted 01.28.2008 | Living
We should not be fooled that the so-called "twin studies" demonstrate (or even suggest) that inherited genes determine IQ. That's a fallacy -- one of the Myths of the Crazy Ape.
Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.29.2007 | Living
The best American brains haven't been in charge recently, yet that hasn't stopped the exponential growth of intelligence elsewhere.
Dan Agin | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics
Like "intelligence", the term "race" is ill-defined in science. The extent to which racial classifications of humans reflect any underlying biological reality is highly controversial.
Dan Agin | Posted 10.09.2007 | Politics
For middle and upper class children, differences in IQ can be explained mostly by genetic differences, while in lower class children, differences in IQ are explained mostly by non-genetic differences.
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Dan Agin | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media