Comments on: Charlotte Allen Bashing http://www.yvonnekao.com/blog/politics/charlotte_allen/ I blog, therefore I am. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: A jornalista erra e a blogosfera contra-ataca: mulheres x Washington Post » Ei - Expressão de Idéias http://www.yvonnekao.com/blog/politics/charlotte_allen/#comment-174 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-174 [...] 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: Adam Klasfeld http://www.yvonnekao.com/blog/politics/charlotte_allen/#comment-173 Adam Klasfeld Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:36:45 +0000 http://www.thoughtbubbles.org/psychology/charlotte-allen-bashing/#comment-173 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.

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