Evolutionary psychology before its time ...

This is good news, because the events were a scandal that is still relevant today. Academic freedom had been "raped" by society-wide hysterics, although this is only a lesser issue regarding what is really at stake.

The fresh, 45 year old, professor wanted to embark on research of socio-biological aspects of criminal behavior. A vendetta ensued in which fascism, eugenics, nazi extermination accusations were used at liberty to characterize the evil goals of Buikhuisen. The Faculty bended and kicked him out in 1981.

Buikhuizen was far ahead of his time --- hence the excuses made by Stolker, the dean, who must be complimented for addressing a grave injustice.

Why is this topic still relevant? Buikhuisen pierced the fallacy of the "blank slate", the notion that people are just only the result of education/ nurture. The academic community has moved on since then. Evolutionary psychology is well established and can report that a person is substantially determined by the genes. Moreover, cognitive features (caused by genes) are (statisticly) inherited from parents.

The theory, hence, predicts that the IQ-bell curve deteriorates (moves to the left) because the bottom halve of the population procreates faster and more than the top halve. Retired teachers are willing to confirm that the kids did become more "challenging" during their tenure. The public education industry remains silence on this topic and demands more and more funding for ... For what?

Will it take another 30 years before we change the rules of the game?