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...bitter controversy over the reasons for low IQs, some psychologists, notably Arthur Jensen and Richard Herrnstein (TIME, Aug. 23) put the blame largely on inferior genes. Others believe that environment-especially the environment of the ghetto -is of primary importance. A recent report on the first five years of an experiment with mentally retarded mothers and their children in Milwaukee supports the latter view. It also offers persuasive evidence that mental retardation in the offspring of mentally retarded mothers can be prevented...
...regard to the issue of the modes of opposition or criticism acceptable in a university community, the majority editorial is veritable mishmash. First, the majority editorial is wrong in charging that the signers of the public Faculty statement were seeking "to eliminate acceptable forms of opposition to Herrnstein's though." The Faculty statement was crystal clear in its concern with unacceptable forms of opposition in a university community, which included false and offensive placards and leaflets (as David Landau's article on Dec. 7th fully demonstrated), threats to disrupt classes, and picketing. As a signer of the Faculty statement...
There are, no doubt, numerous grounds for criticism of Professor Herrnstein's masterly essay--as he would be the first to grant--but it must never be forgotten--especially by those who grasp the delicate status of intellectual freedom in modern society--that the mode of criticism or opposition is as important as the criticism itself, if not more so. I believe that the mode of criticism chosen by the opponents of Herrnstein's article is not only unacceptable in a university community, but, what is worse, it plays into the hands of numerous detractors of reason, on both...
...days after the appearance of my advertisement suggesting that the faculty make public a statement expressing disapproval of Dr. Herrnstein and his I.Q. article, Dr. Herrnstein told me that my statement, in the advertisement to the effect that he made no mention of twin studies dissonant to his view, was untrue...
...reading the article I now suppose that he lumped together all of the twin studies. If I made a mis-statement in this respect it was caused by Dr. Herrnstein's failure to mention those I.Q. scores of those twins that differed by 19 and 24 points. George Purvin