Tag: skepticism

• IQ, Skepticism, and the Failure of Debate

  O villain, villain, smiling, damnèd villain! My tables!—Meet it is I set it down That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain. [Hamlet, Act I, Scene 5]   IQ as a measure of intelligence is widely embraced by people across the political spectrum. It’s also among the most weaponized scientific concepts, used heavily…

  Matthew R. Francis

  April 10, 2018

  General Science, Society

  Ezra Klein, IQ, racism, Sam Harris, scientific debate, skepticism