/sci/ - Science & Math

heres a *.pdf of the full article
http://www1.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/30years/Rushton-Jensen30years.pdf
>"A prevailing worldview throughout history has been that economic, cultural,
and other environmental forces are the preeminent causes of group and individual
behavior. Modern social science has typically taken this perspective and promoted
the idea that all babies are born more or less equally endowed in intelligence and
learning ability. It followed therefore that inequalities were the result of social,
economic, and political forces. This worldview generated many strategies for
intervention in the home, the workplace, the mass media, the criminal justice
system, and even the entire social–economic system. Some have been effective
and are almost universally accepted, whereas others have failed and produced
only shattered expectations, resentment, and interethnic hostility.
The major policy implication of the research reviewed here is that adopting an
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evolutionary–genetic outlook does not undermine our dedication to democratic
ideals. As E. O. Wilson (1978) aptly noted: “We are not compelled to believe in
biological uniformity in order to affirm freedom and dignity” (p. 52). He went on
to quote the sociologist Bressler (1968): “An ideology that tacitly appeals to
biological equality as a condition for human emancipation corrupts the idea of
freedom. Moreover, it encourages decent men to tremble at the prospect of
‘inconvenient’ findings that may emerge in future scientific research” (E. O.
Wilson, 1978, p. 52). Denial of any genetic component in human variation,
including between groups, is not only poor science, it is likely to be injurious both
to unique individuals and to the complex structure of societies."

quite cut and dry, i say