[Marxism] Re: Marxism Digest, Vol 16, Issue 66

["A. Mani" <a_mani_sc_gs@xxxxxxxx>]

> Re:   1. Sexism and pseudoscience (Charles Brown)
>
>
> Rod Holt
>
> Phil Gasper, author of "Behind the Claim ..." posted by Louis on Feb.
> 23, shows that pseudo- journalism can overwhelm almost anything. In
> places, it brings tears to my eyes, which is a biological explanation
> for....
> Just one example------
>
> I quote:
> DEVELOPMENTS IN genetics, biotechnology and brain research over the past
> 15 years have boosted attempts to explain social inequalities and other
> social problems in biological terms.
> Despite [sic] this, efforts to explain aspects of human behavior--from
> schizophrenia to homosexuality to "criminality"--in genetic terms have
> not produced any credible results. The McGill University neuroscientist
> Evan Balaban has described such research as representing a "hierarchy of
> worthlessness."
> end quote.
>
> This is so wrong!
> On homosexuality there IS overwhelming proof. In 95 % of the cases,
> homosexuals have heterosexual parents. In 99.9% of the cases, at least
> one parent is heterosexual. No one in their right mid can deny that
> hetrosexuality is an essential precondition for homosexuality, and THAT
> is genetics. George Blander, a geneticist at SFU, agrees emphatically. A
> research team reported the same results in a  recent paper on the subject.
>       --rod
This is criminal journalism... playing the fool with contexts in
semi-exact sciences.
More mature pseudo-journalists do it more subtly. We can deal with these
more rapidly with the help of software packages in the near future.  But
that will also mean we must have a different way of reading news.




A. Mani
Member, Cal. Math. Soc

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