1. Gould thinks the that scientists think that they are always right and that certain groups are inferior to others. The scientists that Gould talked about were stubborn when it came to their beliefs. He also thought that they could get their study to back up their hypothesis no matter what.
3. In the fourth paragraph, Gould questions the methods of studying the brain mass and that the larger the brain the smarter. He says that the data wasn’t correctly acquired because he used different aged victims and an uneven ratios of women to men. He weaves them together by making the counter argument not credible and long and drawn out so that by the time you get to the meat of it his argument sounds right.
6. In paragraphs nine though twelve, he talks about how modern technology can prove that what was thought to be true in the past about women not being nearly as smart as men is in fact not true. There is evidence that can prove that women are just as smart. That central claim adds a lot more credibility to his essay.
7. Gould shows how Broca and his colleagues didn’t just pinpoint women, but also Africans and poor people because they are also looked down upon. They were all thought of as being more like monkeys than men. They chose to make their main point about women because it was easiest to get a hold of their corps. By making the point so elaborately, Gould show that by showing all of the groups that are being wrongfully accuse of being stupider to appeal to a larger audience than just women.
9. In the last two paragraphs, Gould states both of his arguments. Then he gives his own strategy by stating that the arguments made were wrong and completely irrelevant. He concludes his essay with a passage from George Eliot’s Middlemarch.
