The Bell Curve

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters most often cite it as a thorough, well-sourced debunking of The Bell Curve and of popular IQ claims.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Shaun

Topic

iq and the bell curve

Format

commentary

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• This video about the problems with The Bell Curve (a book about IQ and other things) does a lot to explain a lot of the problems with IQ: [VIDEO] . The video is well-researched; I've been a long-time fan of the creator for putting out …

• [VIDEO] It's a 2 hour video essay that covers psychometry generally as a lens to understanding a book called the Bell Curve that was a flashpoint for questions about the validity of IQ science generally (but most especially how it applies to race). It took …

• 'Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, said that most experts on intelligence “consider any black-white differences in I.Q. testing to arise primarily from environmental, not genetic, differences.” Dr. Collins said he was unaware of any credible research on which Dr. …