Harvard Hooray

Great interview with Professor Steven Pinker in the Harvard Crimson ridiculing those academics who would declare certain hypotheses unspeakable, in relation to President Summer's speech. Best quote:

CRIMSON: Were President Summers’ remarks within the pale of legitimate academic discourse?

PINKER: Good grief, shouldn’t everything be within the pale of legitimate academic discourse, as long as it is presented with some degree of rigor? That’s the difference between a university and a madrassa.

Hear hear!