Larry Summers and Women Scientists--Posner

thoughts on academic freedom

Brian Leiter approvingly links to a letter from Ohio State philosophy professor Louise Antony on the issue of the "academic bill of rights." The problem is, the argument of this letter is really, really bad. It's almost shameful to see...

bullshit comes to harvard or the case of nancy hopkins, the hysterical mit scientist

I have been following with interest but also dismay the press (traditional

Posner on Summers on Women in Science

Here is Judge Richard A. Posner's eminently sensible take on the controversy involv...

judge posner on summers

Judge Richard Posner takes Harvard President Summers to task for speculating about innate differences but also for apologing. Summers should not have opened his mouth in the first place since he is not

Precisely What Did Larry Summers Say?

Unlike just about everyone before this month, I am not a fan of Larry Summers (and my dislike goes back 15 years to an issue that isn't even public information). But, I will defend him here because he is being

Posner on Summers on women out of the kitchen

This is a kickass blog by Richard Posner and Gary Becker. I became a Posner fan after taking a Law and Econ class taught by the inimitable Paul Rubin. Some thoughtful comments about this whole controversy.

Posner on Summers

Judge Richard Posner dissects Larry Summers' remarks about the relative lack of female scientists. The verdict? Summers should have kept his mouth shut, both before and after the comments. But Summers' "failing" is nothing compared to that of ...

Judge Posner on Larry Sommers comments about women scientists

I didn't even know he had a blog, pretty cool to find he does. Judge Richard Posner has a very interesting article dissecting Harvard President Lawrence Summers recent controversial statements on why there may be fewer women in the sciences,...