Human Diversity Av Charles Murray

<DIV><B>All people are equal but, as <I>Human Diversity</I> explores, all groups of people are not the same -- a fascinating investigation of the genetics and neuroscience of human differences.</B><DIV><B><br></B>The thesis of <I>Human Diversity</I> is that advances in genetics and neuroscience are overthrowing an intellectual orthodoxy that has ruled the social sciences for decades. The core of the orthodoxy consists of three dogmas:<br><br>- Gender is a social construct.<br><br>- Race is a social construct.<br><br>- Class is a function of privilege. <br><br>The problem is that all three dogmas are half-truths. They have stifled progress in understanding the rich texture that biology adds to our understanding of the social, political, and economic worlds we live in.<br><br>It is not a story to be feared. "There are no monsters in the closet," Murray writes, "no dread doors we must fear opening." But it is a story that needs telling. <I>Human Diversity</I> does so without sensationalis