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Siderea ([personal profile] siderea) wrote in [personal profile] arisbe 2006-08-31 04:46 am (UTC)

Thank you for the pointers! They were quite informative and interesting; I expect to have a lively time of it when I have to take a class in intelligence testing (some time in the next four semesters, I expect), and these could come in quite handy.

Jensen presents a cogent defense of the science, as one might expect a scientist to, but it is a disappointment he doesn't also tackle the equation of intelligence and human worth, an underlying engine of this controversy which I think is morally bankrupt. As Sojourner Truth is said to have put it:
Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? [member of audience whispers, "intellect"] That's it, honey. What's that got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights? If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?

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