The Pioneer Fund, the Behavioral Sciences, and the Media's False Stories

摘要

Since Wold War I, political controversies have complicated the long-standing "nature vs. nurture" debated, especially the question of the source of the observed mean difference in intelligence between whites and blacks. The Pioneer Fund, one of the only nonprofit foundations making grants for study and research into human individual and race differences, along with many of the scientists it has funded, has been widely and unfairly attacked in the media, often with false charges. In this editorial, the president of Pioneer provides a unique perspective on some of the controversies.