Nelson's Blind Eye

For John, BLUF:  Science, and with it, progress, is being emperiled by avoiding facts to support feelings.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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NO SEX, PLEASE, WE’RE ANTHROPOLOGISTS

From InstaPundit, by Blogger John Tierney.

Here is the lede plus one:

Dis-empaneled. Bowing to political pressure, two leading anthropological associations cancel a conference discussion on the centrality of biological sex. The American Anthropological Association now wants to pretend that there are not two biological sexes, which is even more appalling than the group’s earlier decision to pretend that there is no such thing as race (never mind the genomic evidence revealing five distinguishable races). The Left’s War on Science continues.

The Title is a modificsation of the title of a British farce, No Sex Please, We're British.  It had a long run (6,761 performances).  Martha and I caught it in London back in 1974.

Perhaps from an anthropological point of viewa it makes no difference the sex of skeletons uncovered.  That said, I am somewhat dubioous.  For example, the way to identify an ancient house of ilrepute could be the disporportionate number of young males buried on site.

To ignore naturally found physical differences in remains, to see if there is some implication for the development of this or that culture, seems to shift from a culture that prizes ratioonoality to one that is immersed in myths.  This incident is disturbing.

Regards  —  Cliff

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