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Post by AztecWilliam on Feb 8, 2011 10:52:20 GMT -8
The political implications of this piece are obvious, but I am posting here because the same situation might occur the other way around (though probably only in some far-off parallel universe  ). The basic issue is a herd mentality that tends to close out other viewpoints. Here is an interesting phrase from the article. . . “This is a statistically impossible lack of diversity, . .” www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html?_r=2&ref=scienceAzWm |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 12:57:32 GMT -8
The political implications of this piece are obvious, but I am posting here because the same situation might occur the other way around (though probably only in some far-off parallel universe ). The basic issue is a herd mentality that tends to close out other viewpoints. Here is an interesting phrase from the article. . . “This is a statistically impossible lack of diversity, . .” www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html?_r=2&ref=scienceAzWm There was a book published years ago called the Scientist as Subject by Michael Mahoney that delt heavily with the sociology of science and the commitment to group think. Remember the race fiasco at UCSD |
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Feb 21, 2011 15:00:50 GMT -8
I took a surveying class at Cuyamaca College in the late '80s and was teamed with the 3 women in the class (my choice). Two of them were engineering majors at SDSU and the third had a BS in geophysics. Spent an entire semester hearing now and then about how they were treated by male students and it was not as equals, especially the two engineering majors. The point being that engineers tend toward the right - at least most I've run into do, and the herd mentality, if there is one, works from both sides of the political spectrum. It's also at least anecdotal evidence that his claim that sex discrimination is overblown may be a bit inaccurate.
I'd also ask why these guys always bring up the liberalism found in most social science but never seem to bother to bring up the conservatism found in, say, business and engineering departments.
=Bob
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). The basic issue is a herd mentality that tends to close out other viewpoints.