[Sam Cree]

"The remarks prompted Massachusetts Institute of Technology biologist Nancy Hopkins -- a Harvard graduate -- to walk out on Summers' talk, The Boston Globe reported."

I wonder how Miss Hopkins would have reacted had Summers remarked that females are innately better at some things than males. Or would she have insisted that anything a female can do could be done equally well by a male?

[highimpact]

"The remarks prompted Massachusetts Institute of Technology biologist Nancy Hopkins -- a Harvard graduate -- to walk out on Summers' talk, The Boston Globe reported."

If his comments didn't have the ring of truth, and if the truth didn't hurt, she wouldn't have walked out.

I have a son and a daughter, and they're as different as the day is long. They learn differently, they have completely different interests, and I have NO DOUBT that they will pursue different fields of study and careers.