The Demise of Scientific American
I read (not extremely closely, but better than skimming) Aaronson&#x27;s foreword, the guest post, and the article in question; and I still don&#x27;t know what about Wilson&#x27;s work was supposedly &quot;problematic&quot;. It&#x27;s apparently something to do with the &quot;nature vs. nurture&quot; question, but I can hardly remember reading so many words with so little substance. For somebody not involved with the field (e.g. me), this omission of substance makes it very difficult to evaluate the merits of either perspective.<p>It also sets off some alarm bells, since it&#x27;s difficult for an intellectually honest (edit: and competent) author to write on the order of a thousand words of evasive fluff and deem it suitable for publication.<p>OP&#x27;s link aside, I don&#x27;t think the SA article comes anywhere close to justifying its attack on Wilson (&quot;racist ideas&quot;), and the quoted bit regarding normal distributions is beyond the pale.