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I eavesdropped as he massaged the ego of Tom Jermoluk, the CEO of Excite.
A delay like this is sometimes a sign that unwelcome figures are being "massaged" into the most favorable shape possible.
Babies, especially preemies, are more relaxed, have better digestion, and are generally happier when they are massaged.
Herrnstein and Murray used quasi-nutty studies that support their position (as Charles Lane demonstrated in the New York Review of Books ), and ignore mainstream studies that contradict it (as Richard Nisbett showed in the New Republic ). The data in The Bell Curve are consistently massaged to produce conservative conclusions; not once is a finding that contradicts the main thesis reported in the text.
"Most people--even those who read editorial and op-ed pages--do not want to encounter opposing views," he mourned in What I Think . "They want to be massaged not informed."