The bell curve, Charles Murray and James Herndesdine from the 80s. The book purports to be super duper modern and scientific but yet reaches conclusions that have been reached a hundred years ago by pseudoscientific nonsense people. When you open the bell curve, you do not find that discussion. In fact, you find that they cite some of the pseudoscientIFIC racism of the past approvingly.

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