Well, if Gould’s book carries that much weight in academia, you had better get his ideas over to the Supreme Court Justices and quick! Or better, into the hands of a few of those ivy league, high-powered defense attorneys. Why? IQ scores are presently being used by the courts when determining who is and who isn’t eligible for the death penalty. That’s right, issues of who lives and dies may rest solely of the results of an IQ test.
I took the GRE 18 months ago and there was no calculus, so relax. Also, while the logic section is gone, it’s been replaced by a reasoning section. They give you problems, you write essays explaining your solutions to them. I’m not in a position to say if it’s harder or easier.
Don’t get me started on The Mismeasure of Man. If you score 125 on a real, proctored IQ test, you’re above average period.