The arrogance of trying to sum up abilities in a number

Colquhoun, David

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Published: 11 March 2009

The arrogance of trying to sum up abilities in a number

David Colquhoun¹

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Steven Rose, Stephen Ceci and Wendy M. Williams ask whether scientists should study race and IQ (Nature 457, 786–788; 2009 and Nature 457, 788–789; 2009). The problems with such studies seem to result, as they have done since the 1930s, from the near impossibility of defining the word 'intelligence'.

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Colquhoun, D. The arrogance of trying to sum up abilities in a number. Nature 458, 145 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458145c

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Published: 11 March 2009
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/458145c