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1 " Someone who herds reindeer in Finland asked if medieval people had IQs below zero. I replied that such a thing made no sense, but it was quite possible to have negative critical acumen, witness the rise of postmodernism. "
― James R. Flynn , What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect
2 " I am too much in love with philosophy to collect data or do field studies. "
3 " This book will take you into a world far more wonderful than the world of work and entertainment. At university I try to make converts by assigning works of literature that shed light on human psychology, history or philosophy. Some students respond by asking me to give them lists of books. Well, here is your list. But I also want to make converts of those who have not yet gone or will never go to university. The educational establishment may ignore you but I will not. I remember my own family and how they educated themselves. Many in my running club have never been to university. Some of them are among the most intelligent and intellectually curious people I know. Some of them are better informed than university students about almost everything, except the narrow knowledge a graduate gets from majoring in physics or commerce or engineering. Some of my running companions know who Hitler was. As for my students, I once set an exam question about tyranny in the twentieth century. Only a few students could volunteer Hitler’s name. "
― James R. Flynn , The Torchlight List: Around the World in 200 Books
4 " [Jensen] challenges social scientists who believe in an environmental explanation of the IQ gap between the races to bring their hypotheses forward. Given his competence and the present state of the social sciences, the result is something of a massacre. "
― James R. Flynn ,
5 " The mind is more like a muscle than we once believed. It is something that must be constantly exercised to attain and maintain peak fitness. Just as an athlete must train harder and harder as he or she matures, so children must think with greater and greater complexity as they pass through school. "
― James R. Flynn , Where Have All the Liberals Gone?
