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Do Science and Quotas Mix?

Jul 21, 2008

The blogger at AdaptiveComplexity weighs in on New York Times blogger John Tierney's recent article exploring applying Title IX to science. The AdaptiveComplexity blogger takes what he calls a "generational view" and says that discrimination is on its way out in biology and that having quotas "would certainly make women second-class citizens in science, because they could never be judged on their own merit."

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