Re: BELL CURVE CRITIC EXPOSED?
S. LaBonne (labonnes@csc.albany.edu)
1 Feb 1995 15:51:16 GMT
In article <1995Feb1.114233.12847@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>,
Tim Benham <bentj93@cs.adfa.oz.au> wrote:
>A factlet found will cruising the web: the US NIH apparently believes
>that races are a real and scientifically important concept. Take a look
>at http://www_hbp.scripps.edu/HBP_html/ProgramAnnouncement.html, the
>program announcement for the Human Brain Project. It is a long document
>so I advise you key on 'racial'. Briefly, it requires that all applicants
>for population study research grants to use a racially balanced sample.
>While this stratification would be pointless if 'race' where as inutile
>a concept as some have claimed in this forum, the motivation for this
>requirement may be political.
This is a requirement that has been imposed by _Congress_ for
_political_ rather than scientific reasons (it applies to _all_
clinical studies, not just the Human Brain Project, as you would be
aware if you actually knew what you were talking about). I _oppose_
such requirements, as do many other scientists.
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Steve LaBonne *********************** (labonnes@csc.albany.edu)
"It can never be satisfied, the mind, never." - Wallace Stevens
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