"If it is ever documented conclusively, the genetic inferiority of a race on a trait as important as intelligence will rank with the atomic bomb as the most destructive scientific discovery in human history. The correct conclusion is to withhold judgment."
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Psychologists from the United StatesJews from the United StatesGeneticistsUniversity of Virginia faculty
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Consensus and controversy about IQ, Contemporary Psychology, 1990, vol 35, pp 428–430
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