tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post8340791452015878576..comments2024-03-24T09:13:28.758+00:00Comments on The Plashing Vole: A Lefty Academic Writes Leftily About Leftwing Groupthink. The Plashing Volehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-66109002603144090452017-03-05T08:19:02.732+00:002017-03-05T08:19:02.732+00:00If Conservatives have lost a lot of ground since 1...If Conservatives have lost a lot of ground since 1964, perhaps this is because they have tracked severely to the right and abandoned consensus politics. I certainly have no experience of right wing positions, or any political positions, being shouted down. It is actually quite difficult to get students to debate at all, or challenge taken-for-granted positions of class, race, linguistic and gender provilege. From my experience, it is those students who do challenge these who are made to feel uncomfortable by their peers. Liz Morrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054676364433213239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-77063253053047799352017-03-04T15:09:47.647+00:002017-03-04T15:09:47.647+00:00You: ...' as though IQ isn't thoroughly di...You: ...' as though IQ isn't thoroughly discredited as anything other than a measure of how people perform on IQ tests.<br /><br />From your own link to the NYT:<br /><br />'Nisbett himself proceeds with due caution. He grants that I.Q. tests ... measure something real'Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12162148117929189762noreply@blogger.com