⚡ Iq Controversy

Wading into one of psychology's most contentious debates, these works interrogate the politics, science, and cultural assumptions embedded in intelligence measurement.

Intelligence

by Stuart Ritchie • 2015

General intelligence is real, measurable, and predicts far more than we're comfortable admitting.

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715

🔬 Intelligence Research 📝 Cognitive Testing 🧬 Behavioral Genetics

Intelligence 93%

General intelligence is real, measurable, and predicts far more than we're comfortable admitting.

by Stuart Ritchie 2015

4.05

715 ratings

🔬 Intelligence Research 📝 Cognitive Testing 🧬 Behavioral Genetics

The Neuroscience of Intelligence

by Richard J. Haier • 2015

Intelligence is largely inherited and stubbornly hard to improve. The neuroscience is clear.

4.23

453

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 📊 IQ Research 🧬 Behavioral Genetics

The Neuroscience of Intelligence Summary

The Neuroscience of Intelligence 91%

Intelligence is largely inherited and stubbornly hard to improve. The neuroscience is clear.

by Richard J. Haier 2015

4.23

453 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 📊 IQ Research 🧬 Behavioral Genetics

The Mismeasure of Man

by Stephen Jay Gould • 1982

Skulls, IQ scores, and statistics: how each science of human ranking was rigged from the start.

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9k+

📜 History Of Science 🧬 Biological Determinism 📏 Scientific Racism

The Mismeasure of Man 90%

Skulls, IQ scores, and statistics: how each science of human ranking was rigged from the start.

by Stephen Jay Gould 1982

4.06

9k+ ratings

📜 History Of Science 🧬 Biological Determinism 📏 Scientific Racism

The Intelligence Paradox

by Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012

Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.

3.52

500

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Intelligence Research 🌍 Evolutionary Mismatch

The Intelligence Paradox 90%

Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.

by Satoshi Kanazawa 2012

3.52

500 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Intelligence Research 🌍 Evolutionary Mismatch

The Genetic Lottery

by Kathryn Paige Harden • 2021

Genes shape our fates, but acknowledging that makes the case for equality, not for hierarchy.

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🧬 Behavior Genetics ⚖️ Social Inequality 🎓 Meritocracy Critique

The Genetic Lottery 89%

Genes shape our fates, but acknowledging that makes the case for equality, not for hierarchy.

by Kathryn Paige Harden 2021

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧬 Behavior Genetics ⚖️ Social Inequality 🎓 Meritocracy Critique

Innate

by Kevin J. Mitchell • 2018

Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.

4.14

691

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture

Innate 89%

Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.

by Kevin J. Mitchell 2018

4.14

691 ratings

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture

Hive Mind

by Garett Jones • 2015

The paradox of IQ: your score predicts your income, your nation's average predicts everything else.

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335

🧠 Cognitive Economics 🐝 Collective Intelligence 📈 National Prosperity

Hive Mind 88%

The paradox of IQ: your score predicts your income, your nation's average predicts everything else.

by Garett Jones 2015

3.57

335 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Economics 🐝 Collective Intelligence 📈 National Prosperity

The Aristocracy of Talent

by Adrian Wooldridge • 2021

How talent beat inheritance: the 2,500-year rise of meritocracy, and why it now faces revolt.

3.88

531

🏆 Meritocracy 📈 Social Mobility 💡 History Of Ideas

The Aristocracy of Talent 87%

How talent beat inheritance: the 2,500-year rise of meritocracy, and why it now faces revolt.

by Adrian Wooldridge 2021

3.88

531 ratings

🏆 Meritocracy 📈 Social Mobility 💡 History Of Ideas

Curse of the High IQ

by Aaron Clarey • 2016

The higher your IQ climbs past 130, the more society punishes you for it.

3.52

815

🧠 Gifted Adults 📊 Psychometrics 💀 Anti-Self-Help

Curse of the High IQ 87%

The higher your IQ climbs past 130, the more society punishes you for it.

by Aaron Clarey 2016

3.52

815 ratings

🧠 Gifted Adults 📊 Psychometrics 💀 Anti-Self-Help

Destructive Trends in Mental Health

by Rogers H. Wright • 2005

Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.

3.95

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🏷️ Diagnostic Overreach ⚖️ Psychology Ethics

Destructive Trends in Mental Health Summary

Destructive Trends in Mental Health 87%

Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.

by Rogers H. Wright 2005

3.95

21 ratings

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🏷️ Diagnostic Overreach ⚖️ Psychology Ethics

Multiple Intelligences

by Howard Gardner • 2006

The mind has at least seven distinct strengths. IQ tests measure two and call it you.

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🧠 Educational Psychology 🔬 Intelligence Research 🌈 Learning Differences

Multiple Intelligences 87%

The mind has at least seven distinct strengths. IQ tests measure two and call it you.

by Howard Gardner 2006

3.98

1k+ ratings

🧠 Educational Psychology 🔬 Intelligence Research 🌈 Learning Differences

Frames of Mind

by Howard Gardner • 1983

Eight distinct intelligences, not one. Each with its own brain wiring and developmental clock.

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🧠 Cognitive Pluralism 🏫 Educational Reform 📊 Beyond Iq

Frames of Mind 87%

Eight distinct intelligences, not one. Each with its own brain wiring and developmental clock.

by Howard Gardner 1983

3.95

3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Pluralism 🏫 Educational Reform 📊 Beyond Iq

How Spies Think

by David Omand • 2020

From a former GCHQ chief: how spies structure their thinking to outsmart lies and cognitive traps.

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🕵️ Intelligence Analysis 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation

How Spies Think 87%

From a former GCHQ chief: how spies structure their thinking to outsmart lies and cognitive traps.

by David Omand 2020

3.62

832 ratings

🕵️ Intelligence Analysis 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation

This Idea Must Die

by John Brockman • 2015

175 scientists each nominate one idea to retire, from IQ to the Big Bang itself.

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🔬 Meta-Science 🛑 Scientific Dead Ends 🕸️ Complexity Science

This Idea Must Die 87%

175 scientists each nominate one idea to retire, from IQ to the Big Bang itself.

by John Brockman 2015

3.50

1k+ ratings

🔬 Meta-Science 🛑 Scientific Dead Ends 🕸️ Complexity Science

Progressive Myths

by Michael Huemer • 2024

The statistical case against ten progressive orthodoxies, from police racism to the gender pay gap.

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128

🎯 Political Polemics 📰 Media Criticism 🎓 Academic Capture

Progressive Myths 87%

The statistical case against ten progressive orthodoxies, from police racism to the gender pay gap.

by Michael Huemer 2024

4.01

128 ratings

🎯 Political Polemics 📰 Media Criticism 🎓 Academic Capture

Rational Choice and Security Studies

by Michael E. Brown • 2000

Two visions of political science: one builds mathematical temples, the other wants to stop war.

3.78

🔒 Security Studies 🧮 Rational Choice ⚔️ Methodology Wars

Rational Choice and Security Studies Summary

Rational Choice and Security Studies 87%

Two visions of political science: one builds mathematical temples, the other wants to stop war.

by Michael E. Brown 2000

3.78

9 ratings

🔒 Security Studies 🧮 Rational Choice ⚔️ Methodology Wars

The Art of Logic in an Illogical World

by Eugenia Cheng • 2018

Mathematical logic isn't about numbers. It's about untangling the arguments tearing us apart.

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🧮 Mathematical Thinking 🔄 Systems Thinking ⚠️ Logical Fallacies

The Art of Logic in an Illogical World Summary

The Art of Logic in an Illogical World 87%

Mathematical logic isn't about numbers. It's about untangling the arguments tearing us apart.

by Eugenia Cheng 2018

3.47

2k+ ratings

🧮 Mathematical Thinking 🔄 Systems Thinking ⚠️ Logical Fallacies

Good Reasonable People

by Keith Payne • 2024

Why the other side isn't crazy: the same self-justifying mind runs us all.

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🧠 Political Psychology 🤔 Motivated Reasoning 🎭 Identity And Politics

Good Reasonable People 87%

Why the other side isn't crazy: the same self-justifying mind runs us all.

by Keith Payne 2024

4.08

1k+ ratings

🧠 Political Psychology 🤔 Motivated Reasoning 🎭 Identity And Politics

Evolution Controversy, The

by Thomas B. Fowler • 2007

Four schools, three definitions, one unspoken fight: the evolution controversy, surveyed.

4.04

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🕊️ Science And Religion 🔍 Intelligent Design

Evolution Controversy, The 87%

Four schools, three definitions, one unspoken fight: the evolution controversy, surveyed.

by Thomas B. Fowler 2007

4.04

26 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🕊️ Science And Religion 🔍 Intelligent Design

Blueprint

by Robert Plomin • 2018

The single biggest influence on who you are is your DNA; the rest is mostly chance.

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🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧪 Nature Vs Nurture 🔮 Genetic Prediction

Blueprint 87%

The single biggest influence on who you are is your DNA; the rest is mostly chance.

by Robert Plomin 2018

3.94

2k+ ratings

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧪 Nature Vs Nurture 🔮 Genetic Prediction

The War on Science

by Lawrence M. Krauss • 2025

Lysenko's ghost walks the university: 39 scholars on how ideology is eating science from the inside.

3.22

121

🎓 Higher Education 🔗 Ideological Capture 🔬 Science Policy

The War on Science 87%

Lysenko's ghost walks the university: 39 scholars on how ideology is eating science from the inside.

by Lawrence M. Krauss 2025

3.22

121 ratings

🎓 Higher Education 🔗 Ideological Capture 🔬 Science Policy

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence

by Erik J. Larson • 2021

Computers can't guess. That single limitation makes human-level AI a myth, not an inevitability.

3.96

935

🛑 Ai Skepticism ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 💻 Computational Limits

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence Summary

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence 87%

Computers can't guess. That single limitation makes human-level AI a myth, not an inevitability.

by Erik J. Larson 2021

3.96

935 ratings

🛑 Ai Skepticism ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 💻 Computational Limits

The End of Average

by Todd Rose • 2016

Schools and companies are built for a person who doesn't exist. The data prove it.

4.04

5k+

🧬 Human Variability 🎭 Personality 👶 Diverse Development

The End of Average 87%

Schools and companies are built for a person who doesn't exist. The data prove it.

by Todd Rose 2016

4.04

5k+ ratings

🧬 Human Variability 🎭 Personality 👶 Diverse Development

The Death of Expertise

by Thomas M. Nichols • 2017

Why do people resent the experts who know more? A diagnosis of the cultural war on knowledge.

3.82

10k+

🛡️ Anti-Intellectualism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🗞️ Media Criticism

The Death of Expertise 86%

Why do people resent the experts who know more? A diagnosis of the cultural war on knowledge.

by Thomas M. Nichols 2017

3.82

10k+ ratings

🛡️ Anti-Intellectualism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🗞️ Media Criticism

The Age of American Unreason

by Susan Jacoby • 2008

Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.

3.85

3k+

🧠 Anti-Intellectualism 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📚 Intellectual History

The Age of American Unreason 86%

Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.

by Susan Jacoby 2008

3.85

3k+ ratings

🧠 Anti-Intellectualism 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📚 Intellectual History

The Quick Fix

by Jesse Singal • 2021

How psychology's biggest fads escaped the lab, became policy, and did harm, despite the evidence.

3.91

1k+

🧠 Pop Psychology 🔬 Bad Science 🧪 Replication Crisis

The Quick Fix 86%

How psychology's biggest fads escaped the lab, became policy, and did harm, despite the evidence.

by Jesse Singal 2021

3.91

1k+ ratings

🧠 Pop Psychology 🔬 Bad Science 🧪 Replication Crisis

Searching for God Knows What

by Donald Miller • 2004

Skull measurements divided Europeans into three, and the conclusion reshaped history.

3.91

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🔬 Scientific Racism 🧪 Eugenics Movement 🧬 Biological Determinism

Searching for God Knows What 86%

Skull measurements divided Europeans into three, and the conclusion reshaped history.

by Donald Miller 2004

3.91

27k+ ratings

🔬 Scientific Racism 🧪 Eugenics Movement 🧬 Biological Determinism

The Book of Minds

by Philip Ball • 2022

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

3.95

210

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence

The Book of Minds 86%

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

by Philip Ball 2022

3.95

210 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence

The End of Gender

by Debra Soh • 2020

A sex researcher on why sex is binary and most gender-questioning kids outgrow it.

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3k+

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚧️ Transgender Debate ♂️♀️ Sex Differences

The End of Gender 86%

A sex researcher on why sex is binary and most gender-questioning kids outgrow it.

by Debra Soh 2020

3.90

3k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚧️ Transgender Debate ♂️♀️ Sex Differences

Algorithms Are Not Enough

by Herbert L. Roitblat • 2020

Specialized AI thrives in boxes we design. A thinking machine must build its own.

4.00

🤖 Artificial General Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science ⚠️ Ai Skepticism

Algorithms Are Not Enough 86%

Specialized AI thrives in boxes we design. A thinking machine must build its own.

by Herbert L. Roitblat 2020

4.00

23 ratings

🤖 Artificial General Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science ⚠️ Ai Skepticism

Testosterone

by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young • 2019

Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.

4.06

320

🔬 Science Studies ♀️ Feminist Science 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science

Testosterone 86%

Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.

by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019

4.06

320 ratings

🔬 Science Studies ♀️ Feminist Science 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science

Far From The Tree

by Andrew Solomon • 2012

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

4.27

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🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability

Far From The Tree 86%

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

by Andrew Solomon 2012

4.27

23k+ ratings

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability

The Ethnic Phenomenon

by Pierre L. van den Berghe • 1981

Ethnic groups are extended families. The biology of nepotism powers prejudice and empire.

4.34

🧬 Sociobiology ⚔️ Ethnic Conflict 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

The Ethnic Phenomenon 86%

Ethnic groups are extended families. The biology of nepotism powers prejudice and empire.

by Pierre L. van den Berghe 1981

4.34

47 ratings

🧬 Sociobiology ⚔️ Ethnic Conflict 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You

by Agustín Fuentes • 2008

Three myths about human nature: race, aggression, sex. Science disproved them. Common sense hung on.

3.72

281

🧬 Biological Anthropology 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 🏗️ Social Construction

Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You Summary

Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You 86%

Three myths about human nature: race, aggression, sex. Science disproved them. Common sense hung on.

by Agustín Fuentes 2008

3.72

281 ratings

🧬 Biological Anthropology 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 🏗️ Social Construction

War Against the Weak

by Edwin Black • 2003

Carnegie and Rockefeller funded America's eugenics; Hitler learned from it and built the Holocaust.

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1k+

🧬 Eugenics History 🧪 Scientific Racism ⚖️ Forced Sterilization

War Against the Weak 86%

Carnegie and Rockefeller funded America's eugenics; Hitler learned from it and built the Holocaust.

by Edwin Black 2003

4.23

1k+ ratings

🧬 Eugenics History 🧪 Scientific Racism ⚖️ Forced Sterilization

Rationality

by Steven Pinker • 2021

How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Game Theory

Rationality 86%

How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.

by Steven Pinker 2021

3.84

7k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Game Theory

Parasitic Mind

by Gad Saad • 2020

The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.

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🦠 Idea Contagion 🏛️ Campus Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics

Parasitic Mind 86%

The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.

by Gad Saad 2020

3.94

9k+ ratings

🦠 Idea Contagion 🏛️ Campus Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics

The Vision of the Anointed

by Thomas Sowell • 1995

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

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🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies

The Vision of the Anointed 86%

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

by Thomas Sowell 1995

4.40

3k+ ratings

🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies

What Is Your Dangerous Idea?

by John Brockman • 2006

A hundred leading thinkers each name the one idea they find too unnerving to speak aloud.

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1k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧪 Science And Religion 🕊️ Free Will Debate

What Is Your Dangerous Idea? 86%

A hundred leading thinkers each name the one idea they find too unnerving to speak aloud.

by John Brockman 2006

3.70

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧪 Science And Religion 🕊️ Free Will Debate

Minds, Brains and Science

by John Rogers Searle • 1984

Consciousness is biological, not computational. That is why no program will ever think.

3.76

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Mind-Body Problem 🔬 Cognitive Science

Minds, Brains and Science 86%

Consciousness is biological, not computational. That is why no program will ever think.

by John Rogers Searle 1984

3.76

626 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Mind-Body Problem 🔬 Cognitive Science

The Two Cultures

by C.P. Snow • 1959

A scientist's 1959 warning: the rift between science and the humanities is a crisis of civilization.

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📜 Intellectual History 🔬 Science And Society 🧪 Scientific Literacy

The Two Cultures 86%

A scientist's 1959 warning: the rift between science and the humanities is a crisis of civilization.

by C.P. Snow 1959

3.66

2k+ ratings

📜 Intellectual History 🔬 Science And Society 🧪 Scientific Literacy

I Told You So!

by Matt Kaplan • 2026

Science punishes its boldest discoveries. From handwashing to mRNA, the pattern is fixable.

3.81

589

🔬 History Of Science 👥 Sociology Of Science 🔄 Paradigm Shifts

I Told You So! 86%

Science punishes its boldest discoveries. From handwashing to mRNA, the pattern is fixable.

by Matt Kaplan 2026

3.81

589 ratings

🔬 History Of Science 👥 Sociology Of Science 🔄 Paradigm Shifts

Spoilt Rotten

by dalrymple-theodore • 2010

Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🗣️ Political Polemics 🔍 Rational Inquiry

Spoilt Rotten 86%

Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.

by dalrymple-theodore 2010

3.96

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🗣️ Political Polemics 🔍 Rational Inquiry

Storythinking

by Angus Fletcher • 2023

Story isn't just for communication: it's an ancient intelligence that logic and AI can't touch.

3.57

🧠 Narrative Intelligence 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ↔️ Logic Vs Narrative

Storythinking 86%

Story isn't just for communication: it's an ancient intelligence that logic and AI can't touch.

by Angus Fletcher 2023

3.57

81 ratings

🧠 Narrative Intelligence 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ↔️ Logic Vs Narrative

The Identity Trap

by Yascha Mounk • 2023

An ideology that centers race and gender is dividing the left. The origin story, and a better way.

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🏛️ Identity Politics 💬 Free Speech Debate ⚖️ Equity Vs Equality

The Identity Trap 86%

An ideology that centers race and gender is dividing the left. The origin story, and a better way.

by Yascha Mounk 2023

4.05

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Identity Politics 💬 Free Speech Debate ⚖️ Equity Vs Equality

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology

by Scott O. Lilienfeld • 2009

Your psychology textbook got it wrong: 50 widely held beliefs science has disproven.

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🧠 Pop Psychology Myths 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology Summary

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology 86%

Your psychology textbook got it wrong: 50 widely held beliefs science has disproven.

by Scott O. Lilienfeld 2009

3.66

5k+ ratings

🧠 Pop Psychology Myths 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

Einstein

by Walter Isaacson • 2007

The greatest physicist of the twentieth century was also its most stubborn dissenter.

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🧬 Scientific Biography ⚛️ History Of Physics 🧠 Scientific Genius

Einstein 86%

The greatest physicist of the twentieth century was also its most stubborn dissenter.

by Walter Isaacson 2007

4.17

204k+ ratings

🧬 Scientific Biography ⚛️ History Of Physics 🧠 Scientific Genius

The Code Breaker

by Walter Isaacson • 2021

How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.

4.28

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🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biotechnology

The Code Breaker 86%

How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.

by Walter Isaacson 2021

4.28

42k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biotechnology

The Essential Difference

by Simon Baron-Cohen • 2003

Female brains favor empathy, male brains favor systems. This theory says autism is the male extreme.

3.64

937

🧬 Sex Differences 🍃 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience

The Essential Difference 86%

Female brains favor empathy, male brains favor systems. This theory says autism is the male extreme.

by Simon Baron-Cohen 2003

3.64

937 ratings

🧬 Sex Differences 🍃 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience

Gifted Children

by Ellen Winner • 1996

Giftedness isn't global brilliance. It's narrow, uneven, and shaped more by personality than by IQ.

3.83

109

🎓 Gifted Education 👶 Child Development 🎯 Domain-Specific Ability

Gifted Children 86%

Giftedness isn't global brilliance. It's narrow, uneven, and shaped more by personality than by IQ.

by Ellen Winner 1996

3.83

109 ratings

🎓 Gifted Education 👶 Child Development 🎯 Domain-Specific Ability

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