Let's not spread a discouraging meme by attributing it to Summers -- which will cause some people to defend the meme. Summers is a brilliant economist, Clinton's Treasury Secretary, past president of Harvard. If we tie this meme to Summers, and exaggerate it -- we're giving it his authority.
In fact Summers immediately apologized for saying something that could be misrepresented as discouraging. Let's take him at his word. The correct message is, "The President of Harvard wants more women in science and math."I just posted this at
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