«We thought this was a very interesting set up and when we tested these two
competing hypotheses in this adoptive -
based research design, we found there was no association between parenting and the child's intelligence later in life once we accounted for genetic influences,» Beaver said.
«Suddenly I don't think that I have all the facts, that the sober analysis of
competing hypotheses has not taken place, that the global consensus often bandied about is a fallacy — a variation of ad populum argument — and that our nation can not commit itself to irrevocable courses of actions
based on compromised science.»