The kid who wrote the rather preposterous (?) piece in Al Jazeera is a Russian expat blogger who fancies himself a polymath. He was kind of interesting to follow for a while (and on Facebook too) -- but over time inserted more and more "contrarian" and "politically incorrect" views into his musings, including the Murray & Herrenstein line on IQ and "race" (and other gems of "race realism"). Chris Doss (no longer here, I guess) could tell you a lot more. Looks like AJ vets as well as CP.