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...clear that the Mongoloid child is a burden on himself. In fact, most evidence suggests that such a child, whose IQ is usually far below the norm, is happy unto himself, for he remains unaware of his handicap. Therefore, if he is a burden on anyone, he may be on his parents and siblings...
...Mongoloid child is born, even the doctors do not really know what went wrong. They only know that that one little chromosome will make a Mongolian idiot out of a normal baby. They know it will give this infant bendy knees, slanted eyes, a slack jaw, a low IQ and a nebulous place in society...
...shape of America. Not so Geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky of the University of California at Davis. In a new book, Genetic Diversity and Human Equality, Dobzhansky agrees with Herrnstein that the present trend toward making people's environments-and educations -equal will cause hereditary differences to loom larger. And IQs are indeed largely inheritable, Dobzhansky says, citing 50 independent studies in eight different countries. But even if intelligent people intermarry and have intelligent children, the IQ is a narrow concept and there are many other traits that make people successful or unsuccessful. Therefore Dobzhansky denies that a meritocracy would lead...
Herrnstein had responded to just such charges in an article published in the April issue of Commentary magazine. The article, entitled "On Challenging an Orthodoxy," attacks the "environmentalist doctrine that dominates both our education and our attitudes toward social policy," defends Herrnstein's controversial views on IQ and meritocracy, and describes with some distaste the reaction and tactics of his critics...
...action was provoked by an article written by Herrnstein, "On Challenging an Orthodoxy," which appeared in the April issue of Commentary magazine. In it, Herrnstein defends his controversial views on IQ and meritocracy, criticizes the dominance of environmental influence in social theory, and describes with some distaste the reaction and tactics of his critics [see sidebar, right...