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The thought that some people are innately wicked disturbs me.
To question genetic intelligence is not racism (2007)
I have always fiercely defended the position that we should base our view of the world on the state of our knowledge, on fact, and not on what we would like it to be.
To question genetic intelligence is not racism (2007)
Science is no stranger to controversy. The pursuit of discovery, of knowledge, is often uncomfortable and disconcerting.
To question genetic intelligence is not racism (2007)
We do not yet adequately understand the way in which the different environments in the world have selected over time the genes which determine our capacity to do different things.
To question genetic intelligence is not racism (2007)
This is not a discussion about superiority or inferiority, it is about seeking to understand differences, about why some of us are great musicians and others great engineers.
To question genetic intelligence is not racism (2007)
Since 1978, when a pail of water was dumped over my Harvard friend E. O. Wilson for saying that genes influence human behaviour, the assault against human behavioural genetics by wishful thinking has remained vigorous.
To question genetic intelligence is not racism (2007)
To those who have drawn the inference from my words that Africa, as a continent, is somehow genetically inferior, I can only apologise unreservedly. That is not what I meant. More importantly from my point of view, there is no scientific basis for such a belief.
To question genetic intelligence is not racism (2007)