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

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
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Received on Fri Oct 19 15:44 PDT 2007