Chris Brand

Christopher Richard Brand (1 June 1943 – 28 May 2017) was a British psychological and psychometric researcher who gained media attention for his controversial statements on race and intelligence and paedophilia.

Brand was a proponent of IQ testing and the general intelligence factor, and was "a major influence in the spread of influence of inspection time as a theoretically interesting correlate of psychometric intelligence," according to Ian Deary and Pauline Smith.

Life and career

Brand was born in Preston, England on 1 June 1943. He went to Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys, and was a graduate of The Queen's College, Oxford, and a 1968–1970 Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He was a lecturer at University of Edinburgh, from 1970 to 1997, teaching in personality, psychopathology and philosophical problems and researching in factorial psychology. In the 1980s he served on the United Kingdom's Council for National Academic Awards. His 1996 book ''The g Factor'' garnered considerable media attention with its claim that inherited general intelligence was like psychological money. Brand wrote that general intelligence is an important factor in determining life outcomes for those with lower scores. He attributed socio-economic differences among people of African descent to differences in general intelligence.

Brand was a Fellow of the Galton Institute. From 2000 to 2004, Brand was a research consultant to the CRACK program based in Baltimore, Maryland, which pays drug-addicted mothers $200 to be sterilised.Editorial staff (4 August 2003). The guise of caring. ''Greensboro News & Record'' He wrote articles for ''American Renaissance'' and ''The Occidental Quarterly''. He also wrote a blog, IQ & PC. His review of Buchanan's ''Playing with Fire'' was published in the journal ''Intelligence'' in 2011.Brand, Chris (2011). "Psychology's Ulysses wins through". ''Intelligence'', Volume 39, Issue 1, January–February 2011, pp. 74–75,

Brand had three children. He married his third wife in 2001. He died on 28 May 2017.

Published positions

Race and IQ

Brand's discussions of race and intelligence attracted controversy because of his support for the hypothesis that average IQ differences between racial and ethnic groups are at least partly genetic in origin, a view that is now considered discredited by mainstream science.

Brand referred to himself as a " race realist" and has been described as a " scientific racist."Wynne-Jones, Ros (18 August 1996)
'Scientific racist' must not be gagged, say opponents.
''The Independent''Younge, Gary (26 May 1996). Race scientists – the colour of intelligence. ''New Straits Times'' Reprinted a
The scientists who are proud to be racists.
''Mail & Guardian''

Race, IQ and women

Brand's controversial views generated headlines in April 1996, when he was quoted in the ''Independent on Sunday'' recommending that "low-IQ girls" be "encouraged to have sex with higher-IQ boys" rather than with their more usual low-IQ companions (which would result in genetic deterioration). "There are plenty of intelligent African men for black girls to be having sex with,"Wynne-Jones, Ros (14 April 1996)
'Stupid blacks' book row.
''The Independent'' he said, but added that blacks probably needed to allow polygamy.Editorial staff (9 May 1997)
The personal views of a 'scientific racist.'
''Times Higher Education''

Brand also wrote that "women are inclined to deceitful promiscuity" and that Sigmund Freud was therefore right to ascribe weaker super-egos to women than to men. His 1996 book '' The g Factor: General Intelligence and Its Implications'' led to accusations of scientific racism and sexism, and his university lectures were protested and closed by the Anti-Nazi League of Edinburgh. Brand's book was subsequently withdrawn by publisher John Wiley & Sons. It was then published free on the web by Douance.Brand CR (1996).
The G Factor: General Intelligence and Its Implications (free online text).
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Paedophilia

In October 1996 Brand came to the defence of Nobel laureate Daniel Carleton Gajdusek who had been charged with child sex abuse. Brand argued that sex with a consenting partner over the age of 12 was not harmful so long as both partners had an above-average IQ.Key factors in the fall of a 'scientific racist'
Olga Wotjas, ''Times Higher Education'', 10 April 1998, retrieved 22 December 2009

The proceedings were initiated in 1996 after the dean of social sciences complained. Edinburgh University's Chaplain, a supporter of the Anti-Nazi League, had taken Brand's e-mailed reflections on pederasty to the Scottish press. Edinburgh's Student newspaper's frontpage banner headline was "FIRST IT WAS BLACKS, THEN IT WAS WOMEN, NOW IT'S KIDS".

Brand was fired from his 27-year position at Edinburgh University a year later in 1997 after hearings.Ward, Lucy (9 August 1997)
Lecturer sacked for saying child sex "harmless."
''The Independent''Hinde, Julia (15 August 1997)
Branded an outcast.
''Times Higher Education'' The university said this was for conduct that "brought the university into disrepute".

Brand appealed and sued the university for unfair dismissal, and received £12,000 (in those days the maximum obtainable from an employment tribunal) in an out-of-court settlement.Rudbeck, Clare (30 May 2002)
Free to speak out?
''The Independent'' His case became a cause célèbre among advocates of academic freedom. Marek Kohn cited the Brand incident in a defence of intellectual freedom on the Internet.Kohn, Marek (19 May 1996)
Technofile.
''The Independent'' Others, however, including a former Brand student, considered academic freedom a privilege that carried with it an expectation of "social responsibility".Swain, Harriet (3 January 2008)
Dealing with controversial colleagues.
''Times Higher Education''

Eric Barendt (University College London), in the chapter "The Chris Brand Case" in his 2010 book ''Academic Freedom'', said Brand should have tried harder to get on with his colleagues – who Brand replied were "Jew-leftie-commie .LEFTISTS LOVE THEIR CHAINS
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Selected publications

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*Brand, C. R., Deary I. J. (1982). "Intelligence and 'inspection time'". In Eysenck H. J. (ed.), ''A Model for Intelligence,'' pp. 133–148. Springer-Verlag,
*Brand, C. R. (1984). "Personality dimensions: an overview of modern trait psychology". In ''Psychology Survey 5'', British Psychological Society. George Allen & Unwin,
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*Brand, C. R. (1994). "How many dimensions of personality? The 'Big 5', the 'Gigantic 3' or the 'Comprehensive 6'?" ''Psychologica Belgica'', 1994, vol. 34, no 4.
*Brand, C. R. (1994). Open to experience-closed to intelligence: Why the 'Big Five' are really the 'Comprehensive Six.' ''European Journal of Personality'' Volume 8, Issue 4, pp. 299–310, November 1994
*Brand, C. R. (1994). Intelligence and Inspection Time: An Ontogenetic Relationship? ''The biology of human intelligence: proceedings of the twentieth annual symposium of the Eugenics Society London'', Nafferton Books,
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*Brand, C. R. (1996). ''The g Factor: General Intelligence and Its Implications''. John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
*Brand, C. R. (1997). "Hans Eysenck's personality dimensions: Their number and nature". In H. Nyborg (ed.), ''The Scientific Study of Human Nature: Tribute to Hans J. Eysenck at eighty'', (pp. 17–35). Pergamon,
*Brand, C. R., Constales, D. (1997). "Why ignore the g factor? Historical considerations". In Nyborg, H. (ed.), ''The Scientific Study of General Intelligence: Tribute to Arthur Jensen.'' Pergamon,
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References

External links

IQ & PC – By Chris Brand
Personal website

via douance.org
Obituary
in ''Personality and Individual Differences''

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1943 births
2017 deaths
Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford
Fellows of Nuffield College, Oxford
Differential psychologists
Intelligence researchers
People involved in race and intelligence controversies
People educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys
Scientists from Preston, Lancashire
Psychometricians
British psychologists
British eugenicists
British white supremacists
Proponents of scientific racism