Charles Murray

Charles Murray, author of “Losing Ground,” and the “Bell Curve,” announced on social media:

“One minute ago, I sent the PDF files with the corrections to the galleys of Human Diversity to my editor. It’s done, for practical purposes. I had to tell somebody.”

He offered no description of the book.  But back in March Murray gave a bit of a sneak preview, saying, “It’s Human Diversity: Gender, Race, Class, and Genes. The title is way more exciting than the book. It’s exceptionally nerdy.”  Some respondents took the nerdy and unexciting remark as Murray being a bit of a wisecrack, given his past highly controversial works.

“Flagship modern work” on racial differences

From the brief at Amazon:

All people are equal but, as Human Diversity explores, all groups of people are not the same — a fascinating investigation of the genetics and neuroscience of human differences.

The Bell CurveThe thesis of Human Diversity is that advances in genetics and neuroscience are overthrowing an intellectual orthodoxy that has ruled the social sciences for decades. The core of the orthodoxy consists of three dogma

About the Author

Charles Murray is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He came to national attention first in 1984 with Losing Ground and most recently in 2012 with Coming Apart. He lives with his wife in Burkittsville, Maryland.
“The Bell Curve” (co-authored with Richard Herrnstein) prevails as the flagship modern work reporting on racial differences in IQ score. Black people in the U.S. score lower on average than white people…

From Clifford May, foreign affairs editor of the Washington Times:

This morning,, Dr. Murray received over 30 congratulation Tweets.  He took the opportunity to respond to one in particular from an anon, “Congrats, have a Scotch!” He responded, “There’s a pretty impressive lineup of adult beverages slated for dinner tonight.”

Notably, Claire Lehmann (Twitter) of libertarian/conservative Quillette offered congratulations.

 

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