People who mention the bell curve inside and out of academia do so almost unanimously to be racist. I'm sorry Richard Haier that this is the world we live in.,(reply>), Yes, at first I was avoiding the thought of him being racist because he had wrote a book that contains the word <i>neuroscience</i> in the title. But in the end I have to sadly confirm that his views are indeed racist views. Moreover it's the folk science level racism.