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In Harris’s view, all of this is simply beyond dispute. Murray’s claims about race and intelligence, however, do not stand up to serious critical or empirical examination. But the main point of this brief piece is not merely to rebut Murray’s conclusions per se — although we will do some of that — but rather to consider the faulty path by which he casually proceeds from a few basic premises to the inflammatory conclusion that IQ differences between groups are likely to be at least partly based on inborn genetic differences. These conclusions, Harris and Murray insist, are disputed only by head-in-the-sand elitists afraid of the policy implications.<ref>[Charles Murray is once again peddling junk science about race and IQ] by Eric Turkheimer, ''Vox'', May 18, 2017</ref>}}
In Harris’s view, all of this is simply beyond dispute. Murray’s claims about race and intelligence, however, do not stand up to serious critical or empirical examination. But the main point of this brief piece is not merely to rebut Murray’s conclusions per se — although we will do some of that — but rather to consider the faulty path by which he casually proceeds from a few basic premises to the inflammatory conclusion that IQ differences between groups are likely to be at least partly based on inborn genetic differences. These conclusions, Harris and Murray insist, are disputed only by head-in-the-sand elitists afraid of the policy implications.<ref>[Charles Murray is once again peddling junk science about race and IQ] by Eric Turkheimer, ''Vox'', May 18, 2017</ref>}}
Kevin Drum at ''Mother Jones'', commenting Harris' Murray interview takes the position that it is most likely one's environment and not inherent racial differences that best explain any experimental variances in IQ.<ref>[Charles Murray Still Convinced That Whites Are Smarter Than Blacks] by Kevin Drum, ''Mother Jonees'', 2017</ref>
== Killing people for thought crimes and Harris' book The End of Faith ==
== Killing people for thought crimes and Harris' book The End of Faith ==