My Review of James Manzi

Here's my review of Jim's book in Taki's Magazine:

http://takimag.com/article/social_science_v_social_engineering_steve_sailer#axzz1vp5t6Q00

I was very impressed by Jim's book, although I'd like to see him publish another book in a few years going over this same material again, but instead of aiming it at the tiny high brow intellectual market, this time aiming it at the upper middlebrow airport bookstore market. He's got the material to compete with Freakonomics and Gladwell as long as he doesn't, say, entitle his first chapter "Induction and the Problem of Induction." I'm all in favor of Manzi gaining a broader audience than "Uncontrolled" will enjoy because he's right and Gladwell and Levitt are (always and sometimes, respectively) wrong.

Excellent blog post and book. Glad to see this get some publicity and get the word out.