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'Required reading for everyone' Adam Rutherford Shortlisted for the
Royal Society Science Book Prize 2021 Medicine, education,
psychology, economics - wherever it really matters, we look to
science for guidance. But what if science itself can't always be
relied on? In this vital investigation, Stuart Ritchie reveals the
disturbing flaws in today's science that undermine our
understanding of the world and threaten human lives. With bias,
careless mistakes and even outright forgery influencing everything
from austerity economics to the anti-vaccination movement, he
proposes vital remedies to save and protect science - this most
valuable of human endeavours - from itself. * With a new afterword
by the author * 'Thrilling... Reminds us that another world is
possible' The Times, Books of the Year 'Excellent... We need better
science. That's why books like this are so important' Evening
Standard
There is a strange disconnect between the scientific consensus and
the public mind on intelligence testing. Just mention IQ testing in
polite company, and you'll sternly be informed that IQ tests don't
measure anything "real", and only reflect how good you are at doing
IQ tests; that they ignore important traits like "emotional
intelligence" and "multiple intelligences"; and that those who are
interested in IQ testing must be elitists, or maybe something more
sinister. Yet the scientific evidence is clear: IQ tests are
extraordinarily useful. IQ scores are related to a huge variety of
important life outcomes like educational success, income, and even
life expectancy, and biological studies have shown they are
genetically influenced and linked to measures of the brain. Studies
of intelligence and IQ are regularly published in the world's top
scientific journals. This book will offer an entertaining
introduction to the state of the art in intelligence and IQ, and
will show how we have arrived at what we know from a century's
research. It will engage head-on with many of the criticisms of IQ
testing by describing the latest high-quality scientific research,
but will not be a simple point-by-point rebuttal: it will make a
positive case for IQ research, focusing on the potential benefits
for society that a better understanding of intelligence can bring.
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