Intelligence

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Nicholas Kristof on IQ

Nicholas Kristof’s latest Op-Ed reinforces one of Cambridge author James Flynn’s central theses: that IQ gaps along racial lines can be attributed to nurture, not genetics.

British Teens’ IQ Dropping

Intelligence researcher and Cambridge author James Flynn has a fresh batch of interesting research results, as reported in several papers. Flynn’s research famously shows rising IQ scores from generation to generation (the Flynn Effect). Flynn believes these changes to be environmental.
Well, amongst teenagers in Britain, it’s dropped on last generation. What does this mean for [...]

James Flynn in the New Scientist

In The New Scientist Perspectives Section this month, James Flynn argues for a confrontation of issues surrounding race and IQ. His research into changing IQ scores over the past few decades (the Flynn Effect) demonstrates that environmental, not genetic factors underlie the lower IQ scores of African Americans.
This leads him to ask some uncomfortable questions.
A [...]