Race Differences in Intelligence Revised Edition

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Through more than 50 years of academic research, Richard Lynn has distinguished himself as one of the world's preeminent authorities on intelligence, personality, and human biodiversity. *Race Differences in Intelligence* is his essential work on this most controversial and consequential topic. Covering more than 500 published studies that span 10 population groups, Lynn demonstrates both the validity of innate intelligence as well as its heritability across racial groups. The Second Edition (2015) has been revised and updated to reflect the latest research.

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Richard Lynn graduated in Psychology and took his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge. He has been lecturer in Psychology at the University of Exeter, professor of Psychology at the Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, and professor and head of the department of Psychology at the University of Ulster. His main work has been on intelligence and personality. His books include Personality and National Character (1972),Dimensions of Personality (1980), Educational Achievement in Japan (1988), Dysgenics: Genetic Deterioration in Modern Populations (1996), Eugenics: A Reassessment (2001) and (jointly with Tatu Vanhanen) IQ and the Wealth of Nations (2002). Awards he has received include the Passingham Prize, Cambridge University Prize for the best Psychology student of the year, and the US Mensa Awards for Excellence 1985 and 1993 for work on intelligence. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Publisher: Washington Summit Publishers; Revised edition (December 17, 2015)
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Supplies Ample Evidence To Show That Racial IQ Differences Exist

September 24, 2015

Format: Hardcover

This book has flaws. For example, the theory that cold weather spurred brain development and higher IQ is not bulletproof, as many of the critical reviews point out.

However, the point of the book isn't so much to explain WHY there are racial IQ differences, but simply to PROVE that such differences exist.

And on that metric, I give the book 5 stars.

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Thomas M. Hines

Racial differences in the modern world

April 28, 2016

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Richard Lynn, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Ulster, is an imminent scholar in the science of intelligence testing. This revised and updated version of an earlier study is well worth the read. It incorporates advances in DNA mapping, the "Flynn Effect" (the universal increase in IQ over a period of decades), and other innovations in the field of psychometrics. Replete with charts, graphs, and other technical data this is a book styled for the professional psychologist but is also accessible to the lay reader with some background in psychological testing procedures. Flynn methodically tackles the reality of racial differences in intelligence with overwhelming proof of their validity. The causative factor of this diversity is primarily geographical: those migrants from the African diaspora (over 100,000 years ago) who settled in frigid climates were forced to adapt to harsh circumstances. In this hostile environment, survival skills were developed that were lacking in those who did not immigrate and whose environment did not demand such an adjustment. Lynn also examines the migratory patterns of the Asian populations who crossed over to the Americas. Extensive examination over time of brain capacity is presented as evolutionary evidence of intelligence modification. Readers will react in two ways: view this exhaustive study as an example of "pseudo-science" to justify white supremacy in the modern world or secondarily as a means of explaining how large geographical regions (namely Africa) have stubbornly resisted technological advancement and remain mired in Third World mediocrity and tribalism. Lynn has heroically defended his beliefs against opponents who have sought to destroy his career and reputation.

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Patrick L. Boyle

Not as Important as "The Origin of Species' - but close.

March 9, 2016

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Lynn isn't all that much as a theoretician. He basically just lists the results of the studies that others have done. Nonetheless he has had a huge impact on social science.

This is a vital book although it is only as strong as the weakest studies he cites. A century from now - assuming humans are still around - this will still be cited as a foundational work.

Basically if you don't like the facts herein - go do some fieldwork on your own. We could use some more IQ studies.

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Jackal

Fascinating book

March 18, 2011

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Richard Lynn has written several books and I just picked up this one because I was curious. The subject of the book is currently a taboo subject.

Lynn starts out by providing evidence that races exist. There is nothing racist anywhere in this book. The author only states that races exists and provide references and arguments. In much of social science race does not "exist", because researchers are not comfortable with the implications of the term. The harder sciences cannot afford such frivolous luxury. In medical science for instance race exists and is a rather non-controversial issue (Many studies catalog relationship between certain diseases and race as well as the response to certain pharmaceuticals and race.)

Lynn then moves on to discuss the relationship between race and IQ - the main topic of the book. The basic model suggest that IQ is higher when the climate is harsher and Lynn speculates why this might be the case. He also describes twin studies where only one twin had been adopted into a family of another race. These studies can show the different effect of race versus upbringing.

There is a lot of references and data tables in the book. The book isn't particularly well written, but it is a fascinating read. If these findings are correct, they have consequences for economic development policy.

And please do not attribute the term racism to this book. I don't know about the author, but in this book I could not find anything even slightly racist.

UPDATE: I want to comment on the reviewers who state that Lynn's research is of poor quality. The book is a summary of existing research so it is not a book about Lynn's research findings. It is a review of the whole field. Off course some of the referenced studies are not up to current standards. However, the book also reports the result of twin studies that certainly pass the most stringent methodological critiques. A common procedure in research is to collect all studies in an area and perform a so called meta-analysis. That is what Lynn has done. I would say that Lynn is not familiar with the latest methodology on meta-analysis, but that does not invalidate his conclusions. Since only retired scholars and outsiders will write on this controversial topic, their methodology will lag the cutting edge methodology some freshly minted PhDs master. However, these freshly-minted, methods-monsters normally overshoot when they dismiss the research they don't like.

As I noted, this is a taboo subject so it can be expected that some people would like to tarnish the author instead of arguing specifics. I urge you to buy the book and read it with a critical mind. I wish more people would touch this taboo subject. If Lynn is wrong, then it can be proven by meta analysis of existing studies.

If you like controversial books about IQ, please also check out:
- Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (A Free Press Paperbacks Book) - a classic
- The Intelligence Paradox: Why the Intelligent Choice Isn't Always the Smart One

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Barbara A. Oakley

Cornucopia of interesting facts

June 21, 2006

Format: Hardcover

This superbly-researched and thought-provoking work is a must-read for anyone interested in trying to understand "big picture" human history, and to make sharp policy decisions that are based on facts as well as good intentions. The book is eminently readable, but contains so much information that sometimes it's easy to miss material. For example, the previous reviewer stated that Lynn "surprisingly forgets to connect his IQ data with historical facts such as: that the first great civilisations emerged in the Near East and Northern Africa not in Northern, Central or Eastern Europe..." Actually, this point is addressed on page 237, where Lynn discusses the retreat of the ice sheets, which still left heavily forested, cold regions in northern Europe, but milder areas in southern Europe that allowed for civilizations to gain a toehold.

This book is perhaps of ultimate importance in its discussions of the importance of micronutrients--a factor that is possible to improve. Highly recommended!

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Connoisseur

Pure statistics

Why do you hate this book? It is pure data and statistics without any opinions, any bigotry or subjective analysis.Read more

Published 4 months ago

-PEPE

Must Read

Great book that every thinking person must read.

Published 6 months ago

thedocj

Good science, but not for those in the fantasy ...

Good science , but not for those in the fantasy world of political correctness

Published 6 months ago

VEL – The Contemporary Heretic

Useful as a Reference Work, But Biased as a Book

Richard Lynn’s 'Race Differences in Intelligence’ is mainly structured around Lynn’s massive database of IQ studies among different groups.IQ and the Wealth of Nations and subsequently reused in IQ and Global Inequality and The Global Bell CurveIntelligence and How to Get It Read more

Published on July 8, 2014

H. Gregory

pointing out data Richard Lyn disregarded or was not aware of

1st we must know all the facts & properly analyze all the data &
In here lies the rub. European and Asians also have bigger eyeballs.Read more

Published on March 11, 2014

Mark Dana Floden

Not politically correct but I can't fault the data, discussion or conclusions.

In today's politically correct world a book like this is hard to publish and promote. Hence the price I suppose but it has also made the author, Richard Lynn, extremely vigilant...Read more

Published on December 13, 2013

Charles W Sutherland

Fascinating review of the history and literature of intelligence.

This was a fascinating review of the history and literature of intelligence quotients, whether it is from a variety of IQ tests throughout history, or from police academy testing,...Read more

Published on October 2, 2013

Charles von Lubrich

objective

I found this book on the flip side of the coin. An open minded look at what many would find to be a sensitive matter to approach.

Published on June 9, 2013

M.D.

Laughable book, pseudo-scientific

UPDATE (07/31/2012): I've officially labeled Richard Lynn as a crackpot for his unscientific analysis. I guess modern science is a joke.Read more

Published on June 28, 2011

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