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- From: corleyj@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Jason D Corley )
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Barbie is Right! (was: Mattel on women)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.201028.25035@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 20:10:28 GMT
- References: <1992Oct10.221821.14169@leland.Stanford.EDU> <ulrich02976920924161142@galki.toppoint.de> <1992Nov8.013814.18382@Princeton.EDU>
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- In article <1992Nov8.013814.18382@Princeton.EDU> ajackson@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Andrew William Jackson) writes:
- >
- >
- >Men are inherently better at math than women are. Culture is not a force
- >unto itself but a reflection of our fundimental nature.
-
- Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. (Whew! Sorry about that!
- Had to get it out of my system!)
-
- Culture is NOT a reflection of something "fundimental" [sic] in human
- nature. If it was, then culture would have remained stagnant since
- human nature arose. We would have the same culture today as we did
- 50, 100, 200, or 2000 years ago if culture came from a "fundimental"
- nature.
-
- Human nature has not changed significantly in many years...this is
- why Shakespeare still has relevancy in today's world. On the other
- hand, _culture_ has gone AAAAALLLLLL over the place, with accelerating
- changes as you approach the modern day. (In fact, it might be interesting
- to find out whether culture change is geometrically or exponentially
- increasing....hmmmm...)
-
- In other words, the original posters contention (which I stupidly deleted)
- that it is culture that "keeps women from math" (not a direct quote),
- and not some inherent, "fundimental" cause that you postulate.
-
- Thank you for your time.
- Jason
- Southern Arizona Gizmonic Institute
- TIME IS ON MY SIDE YES IT IS
-