Scott had every opportunity to say “actually, I disagree with Murray about...” but he didn’t, because he agrees with Murray
[citation needed] for those last four words. In the paragraph before the one frankybegs quoted, Scott said:
Some people wrote me to complain that I handled this in a cowardly way—I showed that the specific thing the journalist quoted wasn’t a reference to The Bell Curve, but I never answered the broader question of what I thought of the book. They demanded I come out and give my opinion openly. Well, the most direct answer is that I’ve never read it.
Having never read The Bell Curve, it would be uncharacteristic of him to say “I disagree with Murray about [things in The Bell Curve]”, don’t you think?
[citation needed] for those last four words. In the paragraph before the one frankybegs quoted, Scott said:
Having never read The Bell Curve, it would be uncharacteristic of him to say “I disagree with Murray about [things in The Bell Curve]”, don’t you think?
Actually one does need to read The Bell Curve to know what’s in it. There’s a lot of slander going around about it.