Michael Regilio

Yes and no. Eugenics definitely quieted down, at least for a while. But the notion that you could test someone's intelligence continued, which gets us to talking about the book, The Bell Curve.

You really can't talk about IQ without talking about the book The Bell Curve, and you really can't talk about the book The Bell Curve without talking about Arthur Jensen, who was before The Bell Curve. Arthur Jensen was an American psychologist who worked mostly out of UC Berkeley.

You really can't talk about IQ without talking about the book The Bell Curve, and you really can't talk about the book The Bell Curve without talking about Arthur Jensen, who was before The Bell Curve. Arthur Jensen was an American psychologist who worked mostly out of UC Berkeley.

You really can't talk about IQ without talking about the book The Bell Curve, and you really can't talk about the book The Bell Curve without talking about Arthur Jensen, who was before The Bell Curve. Arthur Jensen was an American psychologist who worked mostly out of UC Berkeley.

In 1969, he published a paper in the Harvard Educational Review called How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement? Now, this paper basically set off a bomb in the world of psychology because he suggested that genetics— played a part in black students scoring lower on IQ tests than white students.

In 1969, he published a paper in the Harvard Educational Review called How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement? Now, this paper basically set off a bomb in the world of psychology because he suggested that genetics— played a part in black students scoring lower on IQ tests than white students.

In 1969, he published a paper in the Harvard Educational Review called How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement? Now, this paper basically set off a bomb in the world of psychology because he suggested that genetics— played a part in black students scoring lower on IQ tests than white students.

Critics were fierce and pointed out that his research ignored the obvious roles of poverty, poor schools, racism and health inequality.

Critics were fierce and pointed out that his research ignored the obvious roles of poverty, poor schools, racism and health inequality.

Critics were fierce and pointed out that his research ignored the obvious roles of poverty, poor schools, racism and health inequality.

No, I mean, it struck at people's emotional core that there was something terribly wrong with that, and it didn't go well for Jensen at the time either. I mean, colleagues tried to formally censure him. He had protesters storming into his lectures.

No, I mean, it struck at people's emotional core that there was something terribly wrong with that, and it didn't go well for Jensen at the time either. I mean, colleagues tried to formally censure him. He had protesters storming into his lectures.

No, I mean, it struck at people's emotional core that there was something terribly wrong with that, and it didn't go well for Jensen at the time either. I mean, colleagues tried to formally censure him. He had protesters storming into his lectures.

So it was more than a bit shocking that after all that happened with Jensen, that in 1994, Charles Murray and Richard Herenstein published a book called The Bell Curve, which claimed that genetics was a part of what contributed to IQ and, again... When we say genetics, Murray and Herrnstein broke that down by race. Predictably, a massive backlash followed the publication of the book.

So it was more than a bit shocking that after all that happened with Jensen, that in 1994, Charles Murray and Richard Herenstein published a book called The Bell Curve, which claimed that genetics was a part of what contributed to IQ and, again... When we say genetics, Murray and Herrnstein broke that down by race. Predictably, a massive backlash followed the publication of the book.

So it was more than a bit shocking that after all that happened with Jensen, that in 1994, Charles Murray and Richard Herenstein published a book called The Bell Curve, which claimed that genetics was a part of what contributed to IQ and, again... When we say genetics, Murray and Herrnstein broke that down by race. Predictably, a massive backlash followed the publication of the book.

Yeah. Absolutely. In reading some of the criticisms of the bell curve, I learned a few new things like that intelligence is what's called polygenetic. That is to say, it's influenced by a great many genes, each one contributing only a small amount and that there is no smart gene and that gene expression itself can be turned up or turned down by environmental factors.

Yeah. Absolutely. In reading some of the criticisms of the bell curve, I learned a few new things like that intelligence is what's called polygenetic. That is to say, it's influenced by a great many genes, each one contributing only a small amount and that there is no smart gene and that gene expression itself can be turned up or turned down by environmental factors.

Yeah. Absolutely. In reading some of the criticisms of the bell curve, I learned a few new things like that intelligence is what's called polygenetic. That is to say, it's influenced by a great many genes, each one contributing only a small amount and that there is no smart gene and that gene expression itself can be turned up or turned down by environmental factors.

And that's because it actually, apparently, lead paint chips are sweet and they taste good. Ooh, I didn't know that. Yeah. Gross. That's why kids eat lead paint chips. They taste like candy. At least the ones that I ate did.