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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: cosmicforce who wrote (93983)1/19/2005 11:14:47 AM
From: epicure   of 108807
 
Unfortunately, it has always been common for bigoted people to grasp at scientific studies and leap to sociological conjectures in order to buttress their beliefs with science (the past is littered with such scientifically cloaked pronouncements)- kind of the same thing that the religious do, really- cherry picking science for only those "facts" that seem to them to strengthen their case, and ignoring everything else Science is so powerful, everyone wants a study that proves what they want... (even the religious)

While those studies might show a tendency of the group, we know that variability within a species would make such studies meaningless when it came to rating applicants on an individual basis.

"research in behavioral genetics is showing that things that people attributed to 'socialization' might actually have a biological basis" ... and that "women might not have the same 'innate ability' or 'natural ability' as men."

It's funny really. Some people think there are holes in evolution- just try linking genetics and "things people attribute to socialization". It's funny how people can question one area, and not another...

Quite frankly, science is full of things we don't know, that (imo) don't need to be filled with supernatural explanations, or augmented with bigotry.
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