So it would appear according to the research reported in this Scientific American article. My abstract reasoning ability disappears whenever my sinuses get stuffed but maybe it’s just my will to work.
Charles Murray again, this time on why so many Jews are so smart:
[T]his Scots-Irish Gentile from Iowa hereby undertakes to tell the story. I cover three topics: the timing and nature of Jewish accomplishment, focusing on the arts and sciences; elevated Jewish IQ as an explanation for that accomplishment; and current theories about how the Jews acquired their elevated IQ.
Charles Murray rocks, as usual.
The evidence has become overwhelming that the SAT no longer serves a democratizing purpose. Worse, events have conspired to make the SAT a negative force in American life. And so I find myself arguing that the SAT should be ended. Not just deemphasized, but no longer administered. Nothing important would be lost by so doing. Much would be gained.
We were talking about the purpose of undergraduate education the other day so I thought I’d better dig these out. Part one, part two and part three.