03-10-2017, 03:16 PM
(03-10-2017, 03:07 PM)Mikebert Wrote:(03-09-2017, 10:56 AM)Odin Wrote: I wasn't justifying the rioting, that was wrong, but at the same time the college had no obligation to let him speak on their grounds.
IIRC the reason *The Bell Curve* caused such outrage is because it completely ignored systemic racism in favor of the Right's favorite talking points, indicating that Murray is a propagandist hack, never mind the the common opinion that outright rejects IQ as a valid measure of intelligence and the concept of intelligence being a singular g factor.
Did you read Bell Curve Odin? Did you Some Guy? If so what was your take?
I have not. I am in fact sufficiently embarrassed by that fact (in light of my participation in this thread) that I went out and bought Coming Apart, and the Bell Curve should be arriving at my B & N next week, though I won't have the cash to buy it until Friday.
So, give me about a week and a half and I'll let you know.
PS
Have not forgotten about the other thread, just haven't been at home long enough to take down my copy of LSWP and cite the relevant graphs. Unfortunately, the Google Books version does not include that section of the book.