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British psychologist Burt accused of fabricating intelligence data
New studies allege Cyril Burt fabricated key figures in his 1961 claim that intelligence is largely hereditary. Research by Leon Kamin and D. Dorfman suggests Burt used invented or misrepresented statistics, tying racial and class superiority to genetics, a claim challenged by scholars and published in Science.
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Princeton University
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