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Originally Posted by Ken G
We can agree on the grade fraud, and that drawing legally actionable conclusions about what happened on that boat would require a more complete investigation (which never occured, I think for obvious reasons-- Paxton certainly isn't calling for one). But what the article actually said was not that there was no underage drinking, it said Paxton claimed there was no underage drinking. That would seem to be a significant difference, given that Paxton also stated that the keg didn't work, and that he was taking the non-working keg away from that woman! If there was no underage drinking, why would he feel the need to insert such an obvious lie (can we not agree that these are lies-- just look at the photo).
Also, even if he happened to be telling the truth on the particular point of the age of those people, it should be pointed out that any student at his school could easily see themselves as peers of those people. Further, the photo could be viewed as condoning binge drinking-- no I don't see that as a stretch at all. Given how widespread that problem is in colleges today, any school official worth their salt would be sensitive about not participating in behaviors that could undercut their institution's efforts to curb binge drinking. And if his school has no such effort, well, that by itself is a good reason to can him. So that was part of the basis of my harsh assessment of his qualifications.
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Glad to see you've dropped the "sexual harassment" accusation and gone with something that's actually constructed through logic.
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I'm glad we cleared that up. Now back to the topic-- is there anyone on this thread who still thinks, despite all evidence and logic to the contrary, that there is good reason to accept the thesis that women are innately less apt at math than are men? I feel we are moving toward consensus on this point, but I don't want to leave anyone out.
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Let me say that I'd * like * to believe that there are no differences. But it is difficult to do so given what I know about the enormous influence of genetics, and the studies that have been done that have conclusively proven differences that go far beyond physical characteristics.
That you personally do not accept these studies as valid is not relevant to me.
I would submit, however, that the link describing rapid physical change in immigrants is encouraging. If the same does indeed hold true for aptitudes (I suspect the difference was due mostly to diet) then the gap could be closed, relatively fast.