From: usenet@baradel.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message   
   , David   
   Friedman  writes   
   >In article <6ph506-k82.ln1@mail-news.jamver.id.au>,   
   > Aqua  wrote:   
   >   
   >> > You said you couldn't think of a way in which, with those conditions   
   >> > met, we could end up with researchers observing more female chimps than   
   >> > males doing their thing with ...  . I have just described a way in which   
   >> > they could.   
   >>   
   >> The gap I perceive between your world view and my world view just got a   
   >> lot wider.  I'm either misunderstanding your point, or I can't even   
   >> imagine how to teach this stuff to you.   
   >   
   >You were unable to see any solution to a puzzle. I gave one. Your   
   >conclusion is that it must show the deficiencies in my education.   
   >   
   >> Again, thanks, it's been very educational and thought provoking.   
   >   
   >True from my side as well. I now know that certain descriptions of   
   >politically correct beliefs really are not parody or exaggeration.   
   >   
   Just curious, but point is there in claiming that intelligence is purely   
   due to inheritance or that IQ is a useful measure of anything?   
      
   Over here in the UK it benefits none of the political parties to take   
   this view. If achievement is pre-determined by factors over which the   
   individual has no control, then the Tories cannot blame the poor for   
   their situation and say their poverty is due to their fecklessness.   
   Neither does it benefit Labour, who want to improve people's lot by   
   improving their living conditions and giving more equal access to   
   education.   
      
   So, if you want to be cynical, it's not so much political correctness   
   but political expediency that drives opinion over here.   
      
   Helen   
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