Academics Throw Fit After Being Told They Don’t Throw Fits Over IQ & Race – William M. Briggs

William M. Briggs quotes a scholarly paper on origins and determinants of intelligence quotients, IQ’s, a paper whose publication is condemned by a raft of other scientists:

In a very short time, it is likely that we will identify many of the genetic variants underlying individual differences in intelligence. We should be prepared for the possibility that these variants are not distributed identically among all geographic populations, and that this explains some of the phenotypic differences in measured intelligence among groups.

However, some philosophers and scientists believe that we should refrain from conducting research that might demonstrate the (partly) genetic origin of group differences in IQ. Many scholars view academic interest in this topic as inherently morally suspect or even racist. The majority of philosophers and social scientists take it for granted that all population differences in intelligence are due to environmental factors.

The present paper argues that…