[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Gould earned a lot of biscuits and beans by misrepresenting Herrenstein and Murray's book, The Bell Curve. Intellectual dishonesty doesn't just show up once in a career, it's a habit like unfiltered Camels or bon-bons, which if not checked can have deleterious effects. Ask Professor Krugman.

[lauraw]

Your point is very well-taken. I tell my students all the time that at their age their faces do not yet show lifetime habits of character and disposition, but that you can tell a good from a bad person—or at least a pleasant from a cranky one—if they are fifty years of age or older. Same general point.