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Although the majority editorial paid lip-service to intellectual freedom (e.g., "we uphold Herrnstein's right to publish his theory") in practice the editorial characterized the relationship between intellectual activity (ideas) and politics in such a manner that the former is willy nilly coincident with the latter. For example, the editorial asserts that "the boundary between ideas and actions is an academic distinction," and that "it would be a mistake to think that ideas are less dangerous than actions," Precisely the same assertion is made, though more explicitly discarding intellectual freedom, by Messrs, Baker, Levenson, and Swanson: "The issue," they...
...disappointed in the majority position of the Crimson editorial Board (Dec. 8th) on the issues surrounding Professor Richard Herrnstein's "I.Q." article and in the minority position signed jointly by Messrs, Jeffrey Baker, Michael Levenson, and Daniel Swanson. The majority editorial was disturbing because it argued, in effect, that intellectual freedom is not a value in itself, separate from political considerations...
...second petition--with 37 signatures of anthropology teachers, students and staff at several Boston area universities--called Herrnstein's genetic theories "dangerous and unscientific...
...Adams House petition specifically discusses the implications of Herrnstein's article for education, medicine, and housing. It also expresses concern that "I.Q." comes at time "when President Nixon is making a major offensive against working people...
...Herrnstein said to the Crimson yesterday in regard to the petition controversy that "the truth is not ordinarily decided by petitions...