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

Thanks Tony-- Could not make that to work, but this link does.
Deja vu all over againandagainandagainandagain.,.....
mike

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2677098.ece

On 10/19/07, Tony Whitson <twhitson@udel.edu> wrote:
>
> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> David Preiss, Ph.D.
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> >> Subdirector de Extensión y Comunicaciones
> >> Escuela de Psicología
> >> Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
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> >> Macul, Santiago
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