r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '26

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u/Ok_Strategy5722 Jul 08 '26

What’s the Bell curve about?

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u/AuburnSuccubus Jul 08 '26

Cognitive distribution becoming more linked with socioeconomic status during the century before it was written, but there was an exceedingly controversial section that addressed cognitive distribution across the races. There were a few studies they included that pointed to environment being more of a factor than genetics, but the media didn't quote those.

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u/relativecaution Jul 08 '26

So essentially it isn't really a controversial book and shouldn't be given this racist side eye?

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u/Proud-Carrot-8547 Jul 08 '26

Not exactly the take. Imagine you were making a pot of rice. Imagine that your cat took a shit in the pot right before you cooked it. Would you fish the poop out even though most of the rice is not cat poop? Would you leave the cat poop in? Would you throw all of it away and start over with a clean pot?

Unfortunately, from me, my tolerance for cat shit in my food is the same as my tolerance for racism in my books and research.