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Title: Intelligence, Race, and Genetics: Conversations with Arthur R. Jensen by Arthur Robert Jensen, Frank Miele ISBN: 0-8133-4008-X Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Just Doing Factual Science
Comment: Intelligence, Race, and Genetics spends a lot of time on the scientist Arthur Jensen's opinions and what his agenda or ideology may be. Some questions are along the line of, "Have you ever been associated with, or now a member of a Neo-Nazi organization?" The silliness aside, one comes to the conclusion that Jensen is hesitant to say what the political implications of what his race and IQ research will be. He is mostly interested in doing accurate science, no matter whether the conclusions are politically convenient or not.
One gets the impression that public policy problems can't be solved unless the solutions are backed by good, accurate science. You can't solve such problems by wishing that problems and solutions fit a liberal ideology. Otherwise, you'll keep spending money on programs that don't work.
I gleaned a few of his opinions from the book. He still believes in integration, but favors a more individualistic education system with less government control. Vituperative attacts from liberals don't bother him as much as winning approval from people who have their prejudices confirmed by his research. (Although I can't see how an opinion based on scientific research can be called merely a prejudice.) He does not think that mass third world immigration to America will benefit this country. An ethical and voluntary eugenics program would benefit this country, but reducing world population growth is his first concern.
This book is a nice complement to The Bell Curve, the classic on hereditarian science. Some of the technical explanations of how Jenson comes to his conclusions may be hard to understand for the layman. Jenson puts science first above politics in his research, I don't know if we can say the same for other academics.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent treatise on nature vs. nurture
Comment:
Frank Miele (the author) acts as a "devil's advocate" in this book, as he interviews psychologist Arthur R. Jensen, who is a well-known geneticist. Miele says, in his preface,
"In this book, I skeptically cross-examine Arthur R. Jensen on Jensenism-how and why he believes the scientific evidence is even stronger today that:
·'IQ is real, biological, and highly genetic, and not just some statistic or the result of educational, social, economic, or cultural factors:
·race is a biological reality, not a social construct; and, most controversially of all,
·the cause of the 15-point average IQ difference between Blacks and Whites in the United States is partly genetic.'"
Jensen went from being a highly respected but little-known educational psychologist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, until he was solicited, in 1969, to write a 123-page article for the prestigious Harvard Educational Review which began with the opening sentence, "Compensatory education has been tried and it apparently has failed." With that article he became a highly controversial figure because of his contention, which runs counter to the institutionalized politically correct view among social scientists, that heredity is of more importance than environmental factors in determining human intelligence.
Jensen, no racist by any stretch of the imagination, demonstrates throughout this book-the interviews which were conducted through e-mail-mainly through statistical analysis and other valid research methodology, the care with which he had arrived at his tentative conclusions.
As with The Bell Curve, by Herrnstein and Murray, The Blank Slate, by Steven Pinker, and Race Evolution and Behavior, by J. Philippe Rushton-all scholarly, well-researched books on similar subject matter-the advocates of the more politically correct view that the races may differ in virtually every other respect except intellectually, are attacking the message by attempting to kill the messenger.
The interviews that comprise this book are just short of hostile to Dr. Jensen in their tone, never granting agreement or accord, and with every answer, no matter how persuasive, the author merely changes the direction of attack. In fact, in the beginning, he announces his skepticism.
But, Dr. Jensen more than holds his own. The e-mail interview method seems to be a good one, since obviously both parties are enabled to be precise in their quotes and double-check everything before sending the question or answer.
We are given little information about the author, Frank Miele, except that he is a senior editor of Skeptic magazine, that his articles have appeared on "many web-pages," and that he lives in Sunnyvale, California, with his Great Dane dog, Payce. However, his questions of Dr. Jensen seem relevant and well-researched. The book is important, however, only because of Dr. Jensen's answers, which are invariably direct, careful, and backed up with very persuasive data and statistics. It is a veritable education in statistical methodology.
If you are interested in this subject matter, I consider this book indispensable to your library.
Joseph (Joe) Pierre
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Rating: 5
Summary: Examining 30+ Years of Research
Comment: Written in an interview format, Jenson addresses culturally sensitive questions in a professional, objective, and scientific manner by reviewing decades of research and explaining results in layman's terms.
The intended purpose is to examine the impact that genetics play in regard to level of cognition, and the variations of between groups scores on tests that measure g (intelligence).
Under 250 pages, this text is not able, nor is it intended, to go into great depth on issues. Instead, it offers a sampling or summary of the information that can be attained through more extensive research.
5 stars to a book that could likely be shredded before its truths reached the inside of collegiate classrooms.
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Title: Race, Evolution, and Behavior: A Life History Perspective (3rd Edition) by J. Philippe Rushton ISBN: 0965683613 Publisher: Charles Darwin Research Institute Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Race: The Reality of Human Differences by Vincent Sarich, Frank Miele ISBN: 0813340861 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The g Factor: The Science of Mental Ability (Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence) by Arthur R. Jensen ISBN: 0275961036 Publisher: Praeger Publishers Pub. Date: 28 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $81.95 |
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Title: IQ and the Wealth of Nations by Richard Lynn, Tatu Vanhanen ISBN: 027597510X Publisher: Praeger Publishers Pub. Date: 28 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $81.95 |
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Title: The Real American Dilemma: Race, Immigration, and the Future of America by Jared Taylor, Michael, M.D. Levin, Samuel Francis, Michael Levin, Philippe Rushton, Glayde Whitney ISBN: 0965638308 Publisher: New Century Books Pub. Date: 09 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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