Editor's Note
We have been shocked to learn that James Flynn, one of the most important research psychologists alive today (the
Flynn effect
is named after him) has had his book pulled by his publisher. He was told that it was at risk of breaching United Kingdom law. The dark irony is that the book is a defence of free speech and a criticism of the institution of the university for its censorship. Read the emails which Flynn's publisher sent to him in the piece that is linked below.
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By James Flynn
A book manuscript titled
In Defense of Free Speech: The University as Censor
by one of the world's leading intelligence researchers, James Flynn, has been pulled by its publisher for being at risk of "inciting racial and religious hatred" under United Kingdom law.
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