tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post8720249207355352689..comments2023-10-30T12:26:15.822+01:00Comments on Research as a Second Language: Temerity and TabooThomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-33068925301964464732016-12-10T09:38:02.490+01:002016-12-10T09:38:02.490+01:00Correction: I meant "Callaghan says Pinker di...Correction: I meant "Callaghan says <i>Pinker</i> dismisses all critics of that view when he is in fact critiquing the taboo against a certain kind of question."Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-38105369618057486052016-12-09T22:21:03.638+01:002016-12-09T22:21:03.638+01:00I agree that those issues are there. But my concer...I agree that those issues are there. But my concern in this post is, first of all, that Bryson claims Peterson's isn't up to date because he doesn't agree with a critique of <i>the received view</i> and, second, that Callaghan says he dismisses all critics of that view when he is in fact critiquing the taboo against a certain kind of question.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-86848356492712110442016-12-09T21:07:53.728+01:002016-12-09T21:07:53.728+01:00I think there are two separate issues here. One is...I think there are two separate issues here. One is the idea that men's and women's brains are fundamentally different (http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2232) The other that certain capabilities are unevenly distributed between the two sexes. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.com