Reddit reviews What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect
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Cambridge University Press
It's not simply ad hominem; his interpretation of facts has been disputed. The findings and ideas -- not just the man -- are controversial. Here are some good places to start for people who want to learn more. (The links with plus signs are books, not full texts online.)
An overview
Another overview++
A summary & review of three notable books on the subject
The Bell Curve++
The Flynn Effect++
IQ Tests
Race
> Which isn't at all a problem since intelligence is not genetic.
You might want to read up on that notion, it's demonstrably false:
Study 1
> A simple table that one would be hard pressed to disagree with.
Study 2
> Monozygotic twins raised separately following adoption show a correlation of 0.72 for intelligence; that is, one twin’s intelligence strongly predicts the other’s, despite their different rearing environments.
Book 1 (by the same Flynn who others have mentioned as a counter-point)
> The identical twins paradox: there is no doubt that twins separated at birth, and raised apart, have very similar IQs, presumably because of their identical genes.