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Rather than gather facts and develop a testable hypothesis to explain them he draws a conclusion and searches only for data that appears to support his conclusion while ignoring facts that invalidate his theory. Rushton's work is fallacious because he practices confirmation bias. His book Race, Evolution and Behavior has been heavily criticized by experts on evolution, genetics and psychology. Some of his critics have pointed out that many of his sources are not credible and that Rushton has misinterpreted the legitimate research of some sources that he does cite. Rushton's racial theories are generally not taken seriously by mainstream academia. His work has been dismissed by many as pseudoscience which seeks to validate racist stereotypes.

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