[extropy-chat] Harvard president criticized over comments

Adrian Tymes wingcat at pacbell.net
Tue Jan 18 18:17:25 UTC 2005


--- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Technotranscendence <neptune at superlink.net>
> wrote:
> >
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/17/harvard.president.ap/index.html
> 
> What is more surprising (or, maybe not) is the
> supposed scientists who
> were so intolerant of his suggestion that the
> subject should be studied
> AS A MEANS to figuring out how to get more women
> into the sciences.

Science is science, and it's been shown that when you
take the sociology out (for example - though possibly
not the best example - by separating girls from boys
so the girls do not defer to the boys and "play
dumb"), female students are just as capable of
learning science at male students.  Ergo, the favored
means is to reform the sociology to remove this
effect.

The basis and effectiveness of that are up to debate,
but that appears to be the basis for criticizing other
means.



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