Why isn't Everyone a Genius?
• by David FriedmanThere is one argument against the claim that the distribution of intelligence is different by race or gender that I have very rarely seen and have not discussed here
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There is one argument against the claim that the distribution of intelligence is different by race or gender that I have very rarely seen and have not discussed here
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