Word: innateã
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...Also keep in mind that lying can be addictive. I believe that lying is an acquired—not an innate??skill. So try to steer away from developing this trait too much. You may find yourself unnecessarily making up stories for no reason just because you’ve become used to it. This can be dangerous, because you have to have a particularly good memory to be a good liar. Simple facts can be mixed up and will get you into even more trouble. As Richard Nixon learned, the cover up is always worse than...
While Goldin says she does not consider “innate?? differences between men and women a satisfactory explanation for the underrepresentation of women in various careers and academic fields, the point seems to be moot—Goldin argues that Summers was not talking about “innate?? differences at all in his NBER remarks...
...also troubled by Summers’ implied association of innate ability in science and mathematics with “innate?? qualities of gender (such as a predilection to name trucks “daddy truck” and “baby truck”), both of which he ties to an individual’s biological sex. In doing so he ignores the scholarship that describes ways in which gender expression and our perceptions thereof are constructed as a result of societal practices instead of from genetic blueprints. The suggestion that gender differences affect scientific aptitude...
Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers triggered a national media frenzy when he suggested at an economics conference last Friday that the scarcity of female scientists at elite universities may stem from “innate?? differences between the sexes, although two Harvard professors who heard the speech said his remarks have been taken out of context...
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