I respect @bryan_caplan, but I've hung out with IQ researchers for 20 years & _never_ heard this kind of misanthropyhttp://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2017/04/iq_with_conscie.html …
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what's the point of this question? If he says 'yes', what's next?
Researchers shouldn't be responsible for how their ideas are used or misused by others. Guilt by association is bad intellectual hygiene.
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I assumed he was talking about IQ realist academics vs enthusiasts-postscript appreciated but it's probably done serious reputational damage
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Best long-run reputational strategy is to acknowledge the problem and deal with it.
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Researchers are responsible for moral implications and need to work against improper use, like Einstein advocating nonproliferation
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Actually, everyone is responsible for dealing with the moral implications of reality. Not just the tiny number of folks who discover it.
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I see no blaming of researchers in Caplan's text, and not sure I disagree with your tweet
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but I think it's valid and normal for researchers to be concerned/intesrested. We accept that for sensationalizing press for example.
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Even if the researcher is not respons 4 the effects of his discov,he would be -like anyone- respons 4 the indiff towards its negat effects.
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If you believe in stereotype accuracy, "guilt by association" makes probabilistic sense. People who misuse your ideas make you look bad.
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