Science Is Not Always “Self-Correcting:” Fact–Value Conflation and the Study of Intelligence

by Nathan Cofnas

Unknown Binding

Published February 1, 2015

Reviews

[Mansoor]

"Theories related to group differences in intelligence are often rejected a priori on explicitly moral grounds."

"It is suggested that misrepresenting findings in science to achieve desirable social goals will ultimately harm both science and society."

"many prominent, influential contemporary scientists and philosophers explicitly argue that scientific conclusions should be influenced by moral concerns, or that scientific investigation likely to lead to supposedly “immoral” or politically “dangerous” conclusions should not be undertaken."

[seb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great article on how moral concerns can be mixed up with factual concerns in science. One thing to note is that most intelligence experts are hereditarians based on the survey data from Rindermann [1], indicating most of the issue lies with other researchers misrepresenting the research or selective media coverage.

[1] - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...