I’ve just finished Richard Lynn’s wonderful memoir. What a life! Lots of great gossip about the field’s biggest names. One thing that really struck me was how mediocre most of the academics were when Richard went to King’s College, Cambridge in the forties & fifties. Here’s a selection of my highlights:

On B.F. Skinner’s myopia:

The propaganda of America as a nation of immigrants:

On the questionable notion of “divergent thinking”:

The assault on traditional pedagogy:

The attack on E.O. Wilson:

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