IQ

Helen Lewis’s Dumb Attack on Smart People

Atlantic writer Helen Lewis was recently interviewed by respected journalist Bari Weiss about her provocatively titled new book, The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea. The title is provocative because it contains two fallacies. First, she says, there is no such thing as exceptional talent. Second, argues that the very idea of […]

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Trump’s Cuts Are Exposing Academia’s Biggest Myth

It has been over a month since the second Trump administration took office, and clearly the president is serious about reducing spending. DEI programs have been discontinued, and many grants to non-government organizations have been halted. Thousands of government employees have been laid off. One target of the cutbacks has been grants for scientific research. […]

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