On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:49:00 -0700, Rick Froman wrote: >My point was simply that it is ridiculous to believe 1) that the media >in the US is so monolithic and dominated by the right-wing (of all >things) that scientific findings favoring the left-wing would be >suppressed and 2) that a genetic explanation is inherently conservative >(both genetic and environmental explanations, by turns, may support both >right and left-wing ideas).
Re: (1) Multinational corporations now control the major media outlets. Corporate capitalism doesn't have to be right-wing but it seems like it favors that type of environment, espeically in its libertarian form. Re: (2) Except that genetic explanations have a long history in right-wing politics and environmental explanation have a long history in left-wing politics. As we learn more about gene-environment interactions, the overly simplistic conceptions of nature vs nurture ideologies will have to be reworked. But, just as creationsists will not find any scientific evidence that undermines creation science to be credible, eugenics-oriented right wingers will not be deterred by evidence that their conceptions of "bad genes" are invalid. Left-wingers, I think, should be cautious in embracing genetic explanations unless the research is really, really good. >Maybe Yankee fever is the explanation. The SF Giants (they're not in >NY anymore) are clearly going to beat whoever the AL sends up. You're right about sarcasm not being well communicated; I almost thought you were being serious here. ;-) For those unfamiliar with the San Francisco Giants -- who had only won the World Series when they were the NY Giants -- check out the Wikipedia entry (yadda-yadda): see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants As for predictions: World Series will include NY Yankees vs. Philadelphia. Philies -- Yanks in 7 games (hell, if Cal Ripken can predict a Tampa Bay win over the Phillies, then I can risk calling a Yankee victory ;-). For Ripken's "misprediction", see: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports-sentinel-sports-now/2010/10/05/cal-ripken-jr-predicts-tampa-bay-rays-win-world-series/ -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Number 28, baby! ;-) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5733 or send a blank email to leave-5733-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
