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Are Human Beings Alike Or Different? The Evidence Is In, But It’s Hard
To Talk About
By Steve Sailer
The human sciences are in a paradoxical situation. Vast quantities of
new data are pouring in, particularly from the exponential
improvements in genome sequencing. Yet theorizing about what the new
data imply has seldom been more career-threatening—as the fates of
James Watson and Larry Summers show.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the May 10, scientific conference on
"Evolution, Culture, and Human Behavior" at UC Irvine, which brought
together leading theorists for a day of presentations centered around
the debate over human uniformity vs. human biodiversity, flew under
the radar. It needed only a single normal-sized classroom.
Still, the few dozen spectators included an honor roll of prominent
figures in the human sciences.
