Science according to Ron Burgundy
(01/20/05 5:00am)
This past Friday, at an academic conference on women and minorities in the science and engineering workforce, Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard University and former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, came to the same conclusion as Anchorman Ron Burgundy on the role of women in society. President Summers hypothesized, based on “scientific fact” (of course), that fewer women succeed in science and math careers due to innate biological differences between men and women. Summers further claimed that genetic predispositions, rather than socialization factors, are more influential on natural ability than previously thought.