farah mendlesohn wrote:
The real issue is that scientists (human
> beings remember) have often claimed a false objectivity, and it is
> this we should be challenging -- the claim to scientific status for
> spurious thinking. Such thinking should be challenged whether it is
> filling human skulls with sand to test the intelligence of men and
> women, blacks and whites, or using the male body to assess the
> correct dose of a medication. In science fiction, we should be
> prepared to pounce on such sloppy thinking like hawks, not start
> muttering that hard science is intrinsicially sexist.
<HEAR HEAR! BRAVA!>
Candace
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It's making peace that's hard.
That's why so few people do it."
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