Re: [xmca] Nobel prize talks stupid things about human intelligence

Where on the website is this to be found?mike

On 10/19/07, David Preiss <davidpreiss@uc.cl> wrote:
>
> Sternberg and others´ answers to the Watson affair:
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/printedition/friday/
> chi-watson19oct19,0,4157889.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout
> David
>
> On Oct 19, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Emily Duvall wrote:
>
> > David,
> > I see you send this to Sternberg & Grigorenko; will they be
> > responding to this? Their research with dynamic testing/assessment
> > speaks directly to the issue. Perhaps, as a community, might want
> > to contact folks like Haywood, Lidz, Feuerstein, Tzuriel, Carlson
> > etc. to make some statements
> > ~ Em
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
> > bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of David Preiss
> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 6:55 AM
> > To: Robert Sternberg; Activity eXtended Mind Culture; Elena L.
> > Grigorenko; Linda Jarvin; Steve Stemler
> > Subject: [xmca] Nobel prize talks stupid things about human
> > intelligence
> >
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7052416.stm
> >
> > In his Sunday Times interview, Dr James Watson was quoted as saying
> > he was "inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa" because "all
> > our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is
> > the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really".
> >
> > He was further quoted as saying that his hope was that everyone was
> > equal but that "people who have to deal with black employees find
> > this is not true".
> >
> >
> >
> > Just disgusting, racist, horrible...
> >
> > David
> >
> >
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> David Preiss, Ph.D.
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Received on Fri Oct 19 17:59 PDT 2007