Academy of P.C. Sciences - New York Times

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Academy of P.C. Sciences

By JOHN TIERNEY
Published: September 26, 2006

I’ve slogged through enough reports from the National Academy of  
Sciences to know they’re often not shining examples of the scientific  
method. But — call me naïve — I never thought the academy was cynical  
enough to publish a political tract like “Beyond Bias and Barriers,”  
the new report on discrimination against female scientists and  
engineers.

This is the kind of science you expect to find in The Onion: “Academy  
Forms Committee to Study Gender Discrimination, Bars Men from  
Participating.” Actually, it did allow a total of one man, Robert  
Birgeneau of Berkeley, on the 18-member committee, but that was  
presumably because he was already on record agreeing with the  
report’s pre-ordained conclusion: academia must stop favoring male  
scientists and engineers.

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http://select.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/opinion/26tierney.html

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