Adding up Inaccuracies

To the Editor: I am writing to correct a number of inaccuracies in an article published on May 16 about my talk sponsored by the Center for Women and Gender ("Paur questions stigmas, discusses Summers flap," May 16). The greatest idea that I hoped listeners would take away was the importance and usefulness of objectivity and careful evaluation of evidence, and thus I find these inaccuracies particularly disappointing. Contrary to the article's reporting, my claim is that Summers's speculation about intrinsic aptitude differences between the sexes has little basis in scientific evidence -- not that his assertions are contradicted by test score data.