I discussed the late J. Philippe Rushton's racial evolution theory in some detail in my book Apes or Angels. (See Steve Sailer’s review here). It is a theory which fits Darwinian conditions and accounts for significant group differences and by itself made Rushton a memorable figure in science. But his body of work, and personal bravery also remind us of the treachery of modern liberalism in ushering in what Spencer Davenport has rightly described as “New Dark Age”. Rushton was a beacon against that darkness. Now he is gone. His funeral was today (October 10). I dedicate this article to his memory.
Until recently, exposing the fads, fallacies, and quackery of modern life was a liberal pastime. Liberals always rose up to protect science from superstition and pseudoscience. Two popular magazines have furthered this cause: Michael Shermer‘s Skeptic and Kendrick Frazier’s Skeptical Enquirer.
Traditionally, these magazines took aim at fairly easy targets like UFOs, parapsychology, and demonology. But in today’s intensely politicized America, Political Correctness is king and the race denial is the dogma in need of skepticism.
Being good liberals, however, these pro-science skeptics become themselves credulous, or at least cautious, when dealing with the biology of race—the ultimate taboo subject in America. Critical thinking evaporates when race is mentioned. Anthropology and genetics have been significantly silent as public debate is overwhelmed by a massive PC campaign to discourage independent thinking or deviation from the multicultural mandate of equality.
Take, for example, one of the best independent thinkers in modern discourse: John Derbyshire. Derbyshire’s What’s So Scary About Darwin is a very sound introduction to the history of liberals obfuscating scientific inquiry. It is Darwin’s great theory itself that guarantees the demise of the modern mythology of human equality.
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