Re: Whitehead on Deduction (fwd)

["Alan G. Isaac" <aisaac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Developing a strong body is just a matter of physical training not a
> "given" biological difference .

This is just the kind of silly lack of willingness to come to
grips with overwhelming evidence for the sake of political
correctness that I was talking about. There is both a difference
between the sexes (in *average* upper body strength) and
even more marked differences among individuals.
The same is true for height. And for the other characteristics
I listed. And, as I stressed, so what? An individual is not
an average.

>brain scan studies always carry the danger of
>politicizing and racializing unsubstantiated biological differences.

Far from it. They will simply add evidence that race
is a useless category for anyone except demagogues
and bigots. (As opposed to color, which will remain
a politically important category as long as demagogues
and bigots use it to construct their silly categories of race.)

As for the differences between the sexes, how could anyone
with five minutes exposure to physiology be surprised that
brain development differs between the sexes? Current
science is simply documenting the obvious. This favors
neither sex. (Although the feminist claim that it
favors women by providing the biological underpinning
for male violence has some force.)

Alan Isaac

PS It is *boys* who are more likely to be diagnosed with
an attention deficit, which is often treated with Ritalin.