James R. Flynn, Who Found We Are Getting Smarter, Dies at 86
A philosopher who moved into psychology and studied I.Q., he showed that as society grows more technical, human intellectual abilities expand to meet the challenge.
James R. Flynn in 2016. His research helped discredit the theory that differences in performance on I.Q. tests between Black and white people were a result of genetic differences.Credit.Tom Pilston/Panos Pictures, via Redux
Jan. 25, 2021
In 1978, James R. Flynn, a political philosopher at the University of Otago, in New Zealand, was writing a book about what constituted a “humane” society. He considered “inhumane” societies as well dictatorships, apartheid states and, in his reading, came across the work of Arthur R. Jensen, a psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley.
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“We feel the loss of Professor Flynn very keenly. He was . a giant amongst scholars. “His work was highly cited across a number of disciplines, his research made a real difference in the world, and his ideas had an immense reach – from high school classrooms to the frontiers of social science research. “He was an iconic figure around our campus and there will never be another like him.”
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Jim Flynn was profiled in several high profile international publications. Otago University head of psychology department Jamin Halberstadt said he had worked with Flynn for more than 20 years and described him as an “intellectual titan”.