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...Gould said he took issue not only with Murray's"post-Romantic" arguments about the future ofAmerica, but with The Bell Curve's basicassumptions as well...
...book] is based on a paradox: that trueequality of opportunity would stratify us worsethan ever," Gould said...
...Gould said he found three of the book's mainarguments--that intelligence is easily definable,that it can be assigned a number and that it isnot subject to significant change--down-rightwrong. The argument that it is heritable may becorrect but is often misinterpreted, Gould said...
...Gould and Murray also clashed over whether todiscuss intelligence on an individual or grouplevel...
...Gould argued that claiming to treat people asindividuals may not rectify group inequalities. Heoffered an analogy to make his case, saying thatone's best friends could be Jewish, but one couldstill subscribe to the stereotype that Jews ingeneral are avaricious...