tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post5320397839020662884..comments2023-09-30T09:41:52.224-07:00Comments on The Well Spoken Negro's Salon: Intelligence, Race and GeneticsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-15538302774246343642007-12-02T21:19:00.000-08:002007-12-02T21:19:00.000-08:00I think that Larry Summers was treated unfairly, a...I think that Larry Summers was treated unfairly, and I agree with you that the shrill of the opponents of his words helped to collapse his regime at Harvard. Interestingly, he was extremely popular with the students. He was re-invigorating the academic experience at Harvard, much to the chagrin of some of the faculty, who left much of the work to graduate students.hscfreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248588351369527519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-69457809337768304772007-12-02T17:43:00.000-08:002007-12-02T17:43:00.000-08:00I'll admit that I'm not familiar with the latest s...I'll admit that I'm not familiar with the latest stirrings over the role of genetics in intelligence, I don't think we should be too quick to dismiss it.<BR/><BR/>Genetics effects almost everything else that makes us -- skin color, disease susceptibility/resistance, facial features, etc. Genetics may affect our athletic and physical abilities. Based on this, I think it's <I>possible</I> that genetics may affect our cognitive abilities.<BR/><BR/>Of course, if true, that wouldn't mean that any individual had to have greater or lesser intelligence, just that there may be some correlation amongst populations with certain cognitive skills.<BR/><BR/>Larry Summers got in trouble at Harvard because he suggested something that there is empirical data to support -- there are more men than women at the extreme ability ranges in the science and math fields, which may explain why there are many more men than women at the top of those fields. Of course, the flip-side is that there are more men than women who are complete dunces in those fields.<BR/><BR/>I do agree with you that there are probably some out there who would want to use any evidence of racial differences in cognitive abilities as evidence of one race being better than another. Unfortunately, as in the Larry Summers case, there is also a danger that the shrillness of a certain group may also drown out or discourage legitimate discourse and research.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-80078536313636381502007-12-02T00:11:00.000-08:002007-12-02T00:11:00.000-08:00Thanks! I am a blogging (and commenting) neophyte...Thanks! I am a blogging (and commenting) neophyte, but I am getting better.hscfreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248588351369527519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-60366652115700602402007-12-01T23:59:00.000-08:002007-12-01T23:59:00.000-08:00I just wanted to let you know how much I have enjo...I just wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed reading your blog....keep up the great work!!<BR/>Anthony<BR/>(Raunch & Circumstance)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com