“The Mismeasure of Man” by Stephen Jay Gould

Note: Gould’s book is a good reminder at how science is a process wielded by imperfect humans and as such can be corrupted.

• You have to sneak up on generalities, not assault them head-on
• God is in the details, so is the devil
• The existence of illness genes does not mean intelligence comes from a gene
• Science is done be people and is therefore fallible
• Humans have a need to reify then order everything
• IQ tests were originally developed to ensure children got pepper educational help
• Pearson’s R represents the shape of an ellipse. 1 is a perfect ellipse (a flat line) and -1 is a circle
• Beware of drives to unify
• “Factors are useful at the borders of science”
• Cultural evolution is more powerful than biological evolution
• Genes set ranges, not blueprints
• Race should not be a thing!