Comments on: Charlotte Allen Bashing http://www.thoughtbubbles.org/psychology/charlotte_allen/ A grad student blog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:18:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: A jornalista erra e a blogosfera contra-ataca: mulheres x Washington Post » Ei - Expressão de Idéias http://www.thoughtbubbles.org/psychology/charlotte_allen/#comment-4895 A jornalista erra e a blogosfera contra-ataca: mulheres x Washington Post » Ei - Expressão de Idéias Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:49:27 +0000 http://www.thoughtbubbles.org/psychology/charlotte-allen-bashing/#comment-4895 [...] um tema relevante numa plataforma sexista e “babaca” e, claro, foi massacrada. O blog Thought Bubbles comentou: “Ela sabe tão pouco de estatística ou sobre como construir um argumento coeso que [...] […] um tema relevante numa plataforma sexista e “babaca” e, claro, foi massacrada. O blog Thought Bubbles comentou: “Ela sabe tão pouco de estatística ou sobre como construir um argumento coeso que […]

]]> By: A Neuroscience Lesson for Charlotte Allen » Thought Bubbles http://www.thoughtbubbles.org/psychology/charlotte_allen/#comment-4731 A Neuroscience Lesson for Charlotte Allen » Thought Bubbles Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:33:19 +0000 http://www.thoughtbubbles.org/psychology/charlotte-allen-bashing/#comment-4731 [...] I care not that she thinks women are only suited for staying at home and counting their shoes. As I said before, I’m very supportive of her doing exactly that, and leaving the scientific commentary to [...] […] I care not that she thinks women are only suited for staying at home and counting their shoes. As I said before, I’m very supportive of her doing exactly that, and leaving the scientific commentary to […]

]]> By: Adam Klasfeld http://www.thoughtbubbles.org/psychology/charlotte_allen/#comment-4723 Adam Klasfeld Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:36:45 +0000 http://www.thoughtbubbles.org/psychology/charlotte-allen-bashing/#comment-4723 Your commentary about brain size is spot on, but it does not go far enough. Actually, the practice of measuring brain size to determine intelligence has origins in a racist 19th century science called craniometry. The late Stephen Jay Gould debunked it in his book "The Mismeasure of Man," and his widow Rhonda Roland Shearer responded to Allen's article on her media ethics website <a href="http://www.stinkyjournalism.org/latest-journalism-news-updates-126.php" title="_blank" rel="nofollow">StinkyJournalism.org</a>. Your commentary about brain size is spot on, but it does not go far enough. Actually, the practice of measuring brain size to determine intelligence has origins in a racist 19th century science called craniometry.

The late Stephen Jay Gould debunked it in his book “The Mismeasure of Man,” and his widow Rhonda Roland Shearer responded to Allen’s article on her media ethics website StinkyJournalism.org.

]]> By: Charlotte Allen: Maybe She’s Just a Terrible Satirist » Thought Bubbles http://www.thoughtbubbles.org/psychology/charlotte_allen/#comment-4703 Charlotte Allen: Maybe She’s Just a Terrible Satirist » Thought Bubbles Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:08:22 +0000 http://www.thoughtbubbles.org/psychology/charlotte-allen-bashing/#comment-4703 [...] you’re trying to write satire, you should not be devoting 15% of your space mis-interpreting scientific research. If you’re trying to write satire, you should not repeatedly step on your own points with [...] […] you’re trying to write satire, you should not be devoting 15% of your space mis-interpreting scientific research. If you’re trying to write satire, you should not repeatedly step on your own points with […]

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