Looks like a transcript of Larry Summers' remarks has been released. Between this and the tarring and feathering of Eason Jordan, it seems like blogs are rapidly destroying the concept "off the record". I'm not sure that's a good thing.

But, with that said, it's now apparent that Summers' comments were pretty dumb: he seems to think that sex differences' influence on variance in aptitude is more pronounced than their influence on mean aptitude, but he more or less discounts the role of discrimination and socialization out of hand, calling them "lesser factors". I think both camps in this little online debate ended up staking out tenable positions, but Summers' newly-clarified position doesn't seem to line up with the measured pro-Summers appraisal that I'd arrived at. So allow me to amend my position: Larry's a dick.

However, I still believe that Naomi's proficiency at Dr. Mario is an astounding biological oddity.