tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post1706949431487056142..comments2024-03-12T03:23:42.976-04:00Comments on NeuroDojo: Scandalous, but...Zen Faulkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-91558528705298625542010-05-22T12:28:00.860-04:002010-05-22T12:28:00.860-04:00That does seem odd. There doesn't seem to be a...That does seem odd. There doesn't seem to be an easy, fair way to decide it, though. Presumably when choosing these people their research was looked at and it was decided whether or not they'd be a good contributor. I'd imagine that women would appear on that list and subsequently be selected. I think it would be unfair to mandate some number of the positions or some number of selected people be women, or men, or any other criterion not based on scientific merit. Perhaps in making decisions the papers should be read by people naive to the authors' identities so as to avoid bias. But I suppose the people who should know if the research is good or not would have already read these papers and be familiar with the authors...Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627966806513512198noreply@blogger.com