AUTHOR
Wendy M. Grossman
18 Articles
Wendy M. Grossman is founder and (twice) former editor of The Skeptic, and a freelance writer.
IQ tests continue to flourish, in spite of inherent biases, because we so badly want to feel special
From the archives in 1989, Wendy Grossman looks at a recent stunt by Mensa to identify Britain's brightest children, and why intelligence tests favour the demographic of their authors
From the archives: Hear our prayers – the Northern Irish prayer efficacy study
From the archives in 1989, Wendy Grossman tracks down Francis Galton's 1872 study on the supposed power of prayer in Northern Ireland