![]() Subsequent developments in genetics research have led to a scholarly consensus that this hypothesis is false. ![]() The book’s most controversial argument hinged on a hypothesized relationship between race and intelligence, specifically the hypothesis that differences in average IQ test performance between racial groups are at least partially genetic in origin. As it stood, this section read as follows: I altered a paragraph referring to Herrnstein and Murray’s widely attacked 1994 book The Bell Curve. I tried several things, but the simplest was to change a single word. ![]() This was done by an anonymous and self-selected collection of highly motivated individuals-more about them in a moment.Īfter hearing of my friend’s failure, I decided to have a go myself. The following history shows something of how this works.Ī friend tried to make a small change to the entry for Murray. The very biased entry for political scientist Charles Murray is a striking example. On the other hand, Wikipedia is not a reliable source for some controversial topics. For example, if you want to compare the number of traffic roundabouts per capita in the US and other countries, Wikipedia will provide a nice graph from the World Economic Forum showing that the UK has about thirteen times as many as the US. If you’re looking for facts, it is pretty reliable. Wikipedia is probably the most widely used encyclopedia in the world. ![]()
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