Debunking the single-sex ed cranks
hahaha "It does take a bit longer than 45 minutes to tear down the scientific patriarchy, especially if you have to consider rhetoric and provide a few laughs". :-)
I am quite surprised (superficially at least) that Pinker is, or at least stated something she quoted to suggest he is, an advocate of "two brains" logic.
He's nowhere near as bad as the others, but he does talk nonsense on that front sometimes.
But I have a crush on his writing. he can't do that!
course, he does seem a bit the arrogant jackass when you listen to him in interviews. Still anyone who challenges Chomsky on the front lines gets a bit of my faith. ;-)
pouts. all my heros are belonging to us".
Pinker is much more in his element when it comes to linguistics, and he is indeed a good writer. Best to keep your heroes at arm's length -- almost everyone has gotten into some unsavory bullshit at some point in their lives. Reminds me of when I came across Hans Eysenck's involvement in racialist garbage and the tobacco industry.
Suck a poos, huh?
As the cliche goes, the bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Day I found out my favorite poet/singer had dumped his 30 year marriage for a (seriously) 19 or 20 year old girl, i cried. Here I was, hoping just one person would "keep the faith".
Seriously, though, scientists do strange things as they move out of the world of science and into the real day to day world of life.
Indeed, though I think nuttery in the scientific community is just more apparent because scientists are presumed to have some kind of magical powers of objectivity. Which ties nicely back to the OP -- "We would never rely on sexist stereotyping in our research, because we're objective scientists and ScienceTM isn't PC!"