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> An American academic who has expressed controversial views about racial differences in intelligence has been made an early career fellow in the University's Philosophy faculty.

> In 2019 Nathan Cofnas became embroiled in controversy over an article he wrote, in which he argued that genetic differences in IQ could exist between racial and ethnic groups.

> He compared hypothetical racial differences in intelligence to gender-based differences, arguing "Virtually everyone believes in physical and psychological differences between men and women, and essentialize these differences", but that didn't stop "Men in the West from supporting women's rights, and didn't prevent great progress towards the end".

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