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>[Jensen] does not believe that [heritability] estimates alone can decide the issue of genetic versus environmental hypotheses. However, he argues that the probability of a genetic hypothesis will be much enhanced if, in addition to evidencing high [heritability], we find we can falsify literally every plausible environmental hypothesis one by one. He challenges social scientists who believe in an environmental explanation of the IQ gap between the races to bring their hypotheses forward. Given his competence and the present state of the social sciences, the result is something of a massacre.... Far too many of Jensen's critics have not taken up the challenge to refute him in any serious way, rather they have elected for various forms of escape, the most popular of which has been to seize on an argument put forward by the distinguished Harvard geneticist Richard C. Lewontin.
-James Flynn

In what way is this guy an environmentalist? Why is he an environmentalist? He seems to agree with Jensen on everything.

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>>11531749
>NOOOOOOOOOOOOO FLYNN WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON OUR SIDE WHO WILL DEBUNK THE RACISTS NOW???

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>>11531961
I wonder what his actual arguments for environmentalism are?