Comments on: The brains of southpaw presidents http://election.princeton.edu/2009/01/24/2993/ A first draft of electoral history Fri, 06 May 2011 06:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Nicholas J. Alcock http://election.princeton.edu/2009/01/24/2993/comment-page-1/#comment-3087 Nicholas J. Alcock Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:04:25 +0000 http://election.princeton.edu/?p=2993#comment-3087 Dear Summer Glau, I find your response interesting. I did not logically argue that Sam's analysis implied bigotry. This is your intrepretation and not mines. You did not address my fundamental point that political leadership requires very many skills and talents. These aptitudes may reside in left handed, right handed or indeed ambi dexterous individuals. I was attempting to tease out from Sam's neurological perspective if these skills could be attributed largely if not solely to left handed people? I think this is a fair point? Arguably, perhaps the greatest US president in the 20th century is FDR? Is a left handed or right handed individual? Finally, Information is Information? You can say the same thing about the Amtrak timetable from DC to Baltimore? I rest my case. Dear Summer Glau,
I find your response interesting. I did not logically argue that
Sam’s analysis implied bigotry. This is your intrepretation and not mines. You did not
address my fundamental point that political leadership requires very many skills and talents.
These aptitudes may reside in left handed, right handed or indeed ambi dexterous individuals. I was attempting to tease out from Sam’s neurological perspective if these skills could be attributed largely if not solely to left handed people? I think this is a fair point?

Arguably, perhaps the greatest US president in the 20th century is FDR? Is a left handed or right handed individual?

Finally, Information is Information? You can
say the same thing about the Amtrak timetable from DC to Baltimore? I rest my case.

]]> By: Summer Glau http://election.princeton.edu/2009/01/24/2993/comment-page-1/#comment-3084 Summer Glau Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:41:06 +0000 http://election.princeton.edu/?p=2993#comment-3084 Dear Nicholas, Statistical Analysis of data does not in any way imply that one group will be segregated. He said nothing of the sort in fact he made no suggestions at all for how to use this information. Why make the jump to "You want to discriminate against rightness so you are a bigot"? Information is just Information... Dear Nicholas,
Statistical Analysis of data does not in any way imply that one group will be segregated. He said nothing of the sort in fact he made no suggestions at all for how to use this information. Why make the jump to “You want to discriminate against rightness so you are a bigot”?

Information is just Information…

]]> By: Nicholas J. Alcock http://election.princeton.edu/2009/01/24/2993/comment-page-1/#comment-3081 Nicholas J. Alcock Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:42:33 +0000 http://election.princeton.edu/?p=2993#comment-3081 Dear Sam, What is the relatioship(if that is the right term) of left handedness with intellect, sociability, empathy, courage, decisivenes and other skills and talents. Are you suggesting a new bar to high office that precludes right handed people? I find this strange from an intellectual who believes in equality? Dear Sam,
What is the relatioship(if that is the right term) of left handedness with intellect, sociability, empathy, courage, decisivenes
and other skills and talents. Are you suggesting
a new bar to high office that precludes right handed people? I find this strange from an intellectual who believes in equality?

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