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...really try to help if I possibly can," Watson said. "But the problem is in deciding who gets the money. How do you assign a criteria for financial aid? The answers are hard to find...
That is not to say that parapsychology ought to be excluded from serious scrutiny. Some first-rate minds have been attracted to it: Freud, Einstein, Jung, Edison. The paranormal may exist, against logic, against reason, against present evidence and beyond the standard criteria of empirical proof. Perhaps there are reasons why the roll of the dice and turn of the cards sometimes appear to obey the bettor's will. Perhaps the laws of probability are often suspended. Perhaps Geller and other magicians can indeed force metal to bend merely because they will it. Perhaps photographs can be projected...
Ronald R. Edmonds, acting director of the Center for Urban Studies and Harvard's representative on the board, said yesterday that the criteria for selecting the speakers and the group of critics were "that they have the credentials but more importantly that they believe in the efficacy of social reform, that they be optimists who are committed to equity through education...
Thus, the broader issue in DeFunis vs. Odegaard revolves not around minorities, but around meritocracy. Harvard has filed an amicus curiae brief because, ultimately, the admission of all students in terms of non-academic criteria is jeopardized. Surely, if 800 board scores and 4.0 averages were requirements for admission, not all of the present Harvard College students of any race would be here today...
Specifically, DeFunis v. Odegaard is a case of "reverse discrimination" involving the legality of granting special rights to groups in the population in order to help them overcome disadvantages in educational and professional opportunity. But in a broader sense, it involves the basic criteria which rightfully should be used for admissions of any students, regardless of race, creed or color...