The Bell Curve by Richard Hernnstein and Charles Murray (1994)

The Bell Curve by Richard Hernnstein and Charles Murray (1994)

The Bell Curve is a best-selling and controversial 1994 book by Harvard University psychologist Richard J. Herrnstein (deceased before the book was released) and American Enterprise Institute political scientist Charles Murray. Its central argument was that intelligence (as measured by intelligence quotient (IQ) testing) is substantially influenced by both genetics and environment and a strong predictor of many personal outcomes, including financial income, job performance, chance of unwanted pregnancy, and involvement in crime. The book also argued that those with high intelligence, the "cognitive elite", are becoming separated from those of average and below-average intelligence, and that [...]

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