I'll put it to you, Twitter:
Should @ezraklein and I do a podcast together?
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Yes. The debate should focus on what policies should be instituted in light of the evidence. I would also be curious to hear their takes on what percentage of IQ differences they believe are attributable to environmental vs genetic factors (it is clear both exist).
I think the genes vs. environment debate on sources of IQ differences across groups is tricky, since all good scientists (inc. Murray) agree that we just don't know yet, and all speculation will be ideologically biased. We'll have better genomic data within a decade though...
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Agreed, but where you fall on that spectrum implicitly shapes the policy recommendations which, at the end of the day, are the most societally important consequences of this field. I think at least estimating your place on that spectrum is an important exercise.
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But Murray's key point in Bell Curve was that most policy issues about IQ don't really depend on the nature/nurture issue; he stayed resolutely agnostic about it, even as he made policy recommendations. It might be a red herring, for current purposes.
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