Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/boo...

The New York Times has joined the Gladwell backlash with a review calling his new book: “glib, poorly reasoned and thoroughly unconvincing”.

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1. Outliers: Malcolm Gladwell’s New Book
2. The Malcolm Gladwell Backlash

Another questionable image claims to reveal the vice presidential candidate’s standardized IQ score. Prepare to have your worst conceptions reinforced! This somehow makes her performance on the SAT seem kind of impressive.

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