tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post110876909456984984..comments2023-10-29T10:54:58.681-04:00Comments on Vox Baby: Summers TranscriptAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1109087776090948292005-02-22T10:56:00.000-05:002005-02-22T10:56:00.000-05:00I think there are many legitimate questions that s...I think there are many legitimate questions that should be proposed to Summers. Why would a university president with training in economics throw out unsubstantiated 'guesses' in a field in which he has no training? As Steven Pinker also mentioned in his New Republic article, suggesting that the difference in male/female achievement is biological is taboo for a reason: this explanation was used Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1109005795568455472005-02-21T12:09:00.000-05:002005-02-21T12:09:00.000-05:00Medical researchers who study brain injuries would...Medical researchers who study brain injuries would seem to have placed the ball in Summers' opponents' court:<br /><br />http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=19109<br /><br />----------quote------------<br />In general, men have approximately 6.5 times the amount of gray matter related to general intelligence than women, and women have nearly 10 times the amount of white matter Patrick Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948365865741313524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1108866332925088122005-02-19T21:25:00.000-05:002005-02-19T21:25:00.000-05:00'If you think that what Summers said at the NBER i...'If you think that what Summers said at the NBER is unbecoming of Harvard's president, then what you need to do is not to vote "no confidence" in him, but to submit your own resignation.'<br /><br />And then immediately put together your own academic team that reverses the gender ratio seen at Harvard, Berkeley, MIT....and humiliate Larry Summers by outcompeting the boys.<br /><br />The proof of Patrick Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948365865741313524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1108845673118923752005-02-19T15:41:00.000-05:002005-02-19T15:41:00.000-05:00Yes, very well said!Yes, very well said!Mark Tempesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18172703868541571574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1108820011342216482005-02-19T08:33:00.000-05:002005-02-19T08:33:00.000-05:00BRAVO!BRAVO!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com