From an AP wire story--
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The president of Harvard University prompted criticism for suggesting that innate differences between the sexes could help explain why fewer women succeed in science and math careers.
He offered some incredibly fine scientific evidence....no really..... He gave his little girl two trucks and she named one truck Daddy and another truck Baby. This shows that women may not have the right kind of brains for science. Q.E.D.
My personal theory is that there are innate differences between people who eventually go to or work at Harvard and other people. Harvard people say things like "a school near Boston." Other people call it Harvard. I bet this can be proven scientifically because I've seen it happen numerous times in my short lifetime. If I have a child, and the child starts calling it " a school near Boston," I will be able to predict with some accuracy that the child will go to Harvard.
Another pet theory of mine is that economists aren't real scientists or even very scientifically minded. I can show that by just pointing to the president of Harvard....
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Robert,
But he wasn't speaking the truth. And he doesn't have the evidence. And he's not a neurobiologist. If nurture has anything to do with it at all, his comments are incredibly irresponsible.
So, to me, it isn't a political correctness (or free speech) issue at all. It's an issue about a powerful person getting up and making baseless comments. He has a right to say whatever he wants. As the head of an institution with a dodgey record for promoting and supporting women scientists, he has some obligation to his students and faculty to not be a dumbass.
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