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A useful way to glean social information

Nature volume 458, page 147 (2009)Cite this article

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In his Commentary (Nature 457, 786–788; 2009), Steven Rose concludes by noting, when it comes to research on race, gender and IQ, that “there is no valid knowledge to be found in this area at all”. Is the worldwide increase in IQ not valid, and should its insights into the malleability of racial differences in intelligence be ignored? Is the superiority of women's mathematical grades unimportant? Does the convergence of black and white test scores not inform our understanding of how to achieve a more just society? All of these findings stemmed from research that Rose claims is invalid.

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