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Project 100,000: The military’s misunderstood IQ experiment

Apr 21, 2026Russell T. Warnearticles, human variability, intelligence, IQ, IQ testing, military research, Project 100000, Robert McNamara, U.S. military, Vietnam War

Project 100,000 was a social program started in 1966 that lowered minimum medical and IQ standards for acceptance into the military. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announced the program as a way to train poor men and give them the discipline, self-confidence, and job skills needed to break out of poverty after their military service.…

“Highly cited” does not mean “important”

Citations are a measure of the influence and impact of research. They are imperfect metric, but the advantage they have is that they are objective. If someone cites my article (even unfavorably), then they find it worth discussing. In academia, researchers are nearly obsessed with their citations. Google Scholar keeps track of them automatically, and…