Something very scary and very wrong is happening

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On Murray, the point being argued can be reviewed without reading the entire book through articles on both sides of the spectrum. The reality is that most people, again on both sides of almost any issues, are not going to original sources or reading a full article or paper. Yet you keep making the argument that people have no business making any statements without reading the entire book or the entire body of his work. Do you feel the same way about every controversial topic?

I suppose I do. I spend a lot of time reading…

So when I discuss IQ, it is because I have read books including The Bell Curve and The Mismeasure of Man, several books about gifted education, and many peer-reviewed articles on how learning ability varies according to age. I consider myself reasonably well informed for a lay person.

So when people call Murray a racist without having read his work at all, I consider that both incredibly lazy and misguided.