IQ: a History of deceit
details
- Production
- 2010, France
- Original language
- French
- Running time
- 00:52:00
- Genre
- documentary
- Topic
- history of science, society
- Directed by
- Stéphane Bentura
- Written by
- Stéphane Bentura
- Produced by
- Premières Lignes Télévision / Diff : France 5
IQ. Two letters. One of the most commonly shared fantasies in our modern world. French, American, British, Japanese people – every one cares about it. What does IQ really measure? Who invented it? Why and how was it diverted from its original purpose?
Today, very few people are able to answer those questions. These two letters are omnipotent, they take advantage of people’s anxiety for themselves and the future of their children. IQ - two letters also hiding a worrying ideologie that IQ could be “innate”
Selected at Pariscience 2011
See the showing : Sunday 09th October 2011 from 13h00 to 14h30