Bret Stephens cites a Henry Harpending paper in his "Jewish genius" column nytimes.com/2019/12/27/opi…
Here's an @nytopinion piece from *just last year* noting Henry Harpending was a white supremacist nut about this stuff nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opi…
Here's an @nytopinion piece from *just last year* noting Henry Harpending was a white supremacist nut about this stuff nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opi…
The *lead* author of the Harpending paper Bret Stephens cites, Gregory Cochran, is a pretty interesting fellow too.
For instance, he's pretty sure that homosexuality is a literal disease transmitted by viral infection.
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For instance, he's pretty sure that homosexuality is a literal disease transmitted by viral infection.
web.archive.org/web/2008101109…
Cochran describes homosexuality as brain damage — but, hey, only "limited and focused" brain damage.
He says his theory is the only theory that "makes good evolutionary sense" that has ever been proposed.
He says his theory is the only theory that "makes good evolutionary sense" that has ever been proposed.
Cochran is pretty sure we're not far away from a "cure" for homosexuality: "we'll be able to prevent it, and almost all parents will."
jerrypournelle.com/reports/specia…
jerrypournelle.com/reports/specia…
If you're wondering what in Cochran's educational background prepares him to speculate on Jewish IQs and gay viruses, the answer's "not much."
He has a PhD — in physics. He works in optics. But hey, "in recent years he has become interested in modern biology."
He has a PhD — in physics. He works in optics. But hey, "in recent years he has become interested in modern biology."
When the Cochrane/Harpending paper came out, even the Times noted that a lot of people thought it was nutty. nytimes.com/2005/06/03/sci…
Finally, just because I had the tab open, old man Harpending said women have one-night stands with Chads so they can get more shoes, because SCIENCE nytimes.com/2003/12/02/sci…
Update: @nytopinion has added an editor's note to Bret Stephens' column, saying it was "a mistake to cite [the Harpending/Cochran paper] uncritically"
