2650 words 1. If differences in mental abilities are inherited, and 2. if success requires those abilities, and 3. if earnings and prestige depend on success, 4. then social standing will be based to some extent on inherited differences among people. (Herrnstein, 1971) Richard Herrnstein’s article I.Q. in The Atlantic (Herrnstein, 1971) caused much controversy … Continue reading Herrnstein’s Syllogism