Larry Summers

Drum rounds up some pro-Summers bits.

But apparently there's a lot of anti-Summers sentiment out there. This is largely stupid, as it seems to largely be about his comments about women in science. Now hear this: the claim in question was in no way sexist. The data he mentioned is absolutely legit: there is some evidence that the male ability curve in math is flatter than the female ability curve. That means that there are more males at both ends of the curve--more total mathematical morons and more mathematical geniuses and near-geniuses. And this fact might indeed explain in part why there are more males in the most prominent positions in the sciences, including at the most prominent universities. There is no way to reasonably complain about Summers's comment. You've got to be fairly dim to think that it's sexist to point to such facts, especially when just mentioning them as possible explanations in a list of other possible explanations.

Moronic PC gibberish is close to the last thing we need about now.