Noah Carl was accused of “racist pseudoscience” after writing about a link between genes and IQ

An academic sacked by Cambridge after being accused of conducting racist research said he lost his post for challenging the “left-wing sacred values” that dominate university campuses.

Noah Carl, a social scientist, was dropped from a prestigious research fellowship at St Edmund’s College last week on the grounds that he collaborated with individuals “known to hold extremist views”.

His work has ranged from the link between artistic tastes and opinions on Brexit to the decline of the British pub. However it was his writing on the link between genes and IQ that prompted 586 academics to sign a letter to St Edmund’s accusing him of “racist pseudoscience”. That prompted the college to launch the investigation and he was let go after its review.

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