<p>Since it’s George S who’s claiming that Yale has far more influence in American politics than Harvard, the burden of proof is on him, not on me.</p>
<p>The Wiki “data”, because it’s not even close to complete, does not show anything counter to anything. It cannot even be called “data”.</p>
<p>Well, I apologize for that slip. But my point remains that George’s “data” showing single digit numbers for Harvard senators, governors, and supreme court justices, probably representing anywhere between 20 fold to 50 fold underrepresentation, are so clearly absurd that they invite ridicule.</p>
<p>Another one of my point, that Harvard College graduates are the largest contingent at Harvard graduate schools, is not something you can argue with. At Harvard Medical School, they have a term called “Preparation H”, which refers to someone who went through Harvard College -> Harvard Medical School -> Harvard Internship/Residency -> HMS professor. There are A LOT of them around.
When I ask them why they stayed at one place, they usually tell me that it’s not because they love Boston so much or because of their loyalty to Harvard, but simply that at each step along the way, they went for the #1, and the #1 was Harvard.</p>