Why are people so dumb? And I’m not talking about women, I’m talking about Harvard president Lawrence Summers. It’s the year 2005 and he’s the president of Harvard. Why would he be a complete idiot and publicly state that women are inferior to men in the sciences — and this reason could be genetic?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/01/31/MNG02B326R1.DTL
There is no rational explanation why a person of his intellect, heading up one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world, would make such comments—especially at a national conference on women and science! According to his Harvard bio, the guy has two thirteen year old daughters. His research for the World Bank featured an influential report demonstrating the very high return on investing in educating girls in developing countries. We can only conclude he was over medicated and didn’t know what he was saying. To his credit, he did issue an apology. But come on…what a stupid thing to say!
http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2005/womensci.html