human achievement, i think we're talking about the same one--lots of data and maps to a little bit of text but totally unlike anything else ever published in volume. for the first attempt at something that daunting, it was incredibly good. murray's gotten the same bum rap that jensen did for saying stuff people didn't like. he's basically someone into finding answers and herrenstein's about as legit as an academic can get. i've seen him naked at the place my family plays tennis, which is my disturbing connection to the bell curve.

have you read jensen's shit? murray's going to end up looking better as gould is out of the picture and my current idol daniel dennett's effectively blowing up punctuated-equilibrium which was why people listened to him. the guy's scary-smart, i've heard him speak a few times since tufts is down the street. whether you care about his work or not, it's semi-discrediting the guy who led the charge against murray as a "pseudo-scientist".