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

The url is all there; but it's broken into two lines: just paste the
second line in after the first.

On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Mike Cole wrote:

> 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.
>> Subdirector de Extensión y Comunicaciones
>> Escuela de Psicología
>> Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
>> Av Vicuña Mackenna 4860
>> Macul, Santiago
>> Chile
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>> Fax: 3544844
>> e-mail: davidpreiss@uc.cl
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