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   Message 1,931 of 3,290   
   Brian M. Scott to All   
   Re: Argument from authority [was: When i   
   08 Dec 08 17:51:52   
   
   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On 8 Dec 2008 20:26:26 GMT, "John F. Eldredge"   
    wrote in   
    in   
   rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   [...]   
      
   > However, James' assertion that the presence of women in   
   > high academic ranks must be based upon political   
   > correctness, not their abilities, sounds rather like   
   > "someone else's career is advancing faster than mine and   
   > I am jealous".   
      
   I doubt very much that JAD is in academia; he certainly   
   hasn't a clue about it.  And don't forget, he *is* the idiot   
   who maintained a while back that Marie Sklodowska Curie   
   received a Nobel prize only because she was a woman.   
      
   Brian   
      
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