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Working classes are less intelligent, says evolution expert EMILY PYKETT WORKING-CLASS students have lower IQs than those from wealthier backgrounds
and should not be expected to win places at top universities, an academic
has claimed. He suggests that low numbers of working-class students at elite universities is the "natural outcome" of "substantial" IQ differences between classes. He told The Scotsman yesterday, in an interview conducted by e-mail at his insistence: "Poor people have lower average IQ than wealthier people... and this means that a much smaller percentage of working-class people than professional-class people will be able to reach the normal entrance requirements of the most selective universities."
Dr Charlton said the average child from the highest social class is up to 30 times more likely to qualify for admission to a highly selective university than the average child from the lowest social class. His claims could trigger an outcry similar to that faced by the Nobel prize-winning geneticist James Watson, who was forced to apologise after claiming that African and Caribbean workers were "demonstrably less able" than white ones. However, Dr Charlton argues it is precisely the fear of creating controversy that prevents other academics taking the same line. He said: "That is why such obvious scientific truths have not so far been stated clearly, or have actually been denied.
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