April 8, 2005 9:52 AM

Larry learns his lessons
Posted by Diane Danielsonat 9:52 AM

The Boston Globe reports on Larry Summers's change of position on women's scientific capabilities.

Summers's comments last night about the effects of subtle, unconscious bias against women and the impact of encouragement or discouragement on young minds were virtually diametrically opposite from those he made at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference three months ago.

"This has been, as you can imagine, a period of substantial and intense immersion and education for me on the topics I have just been discussing," he said at the end of his half-hour remarks to about 40 students and professors. "I hope I have learned."