hmmm let me mark this as dubious for the moment it's possible that noah's timeline is mixed up lott may not have used the phrase himself until but he inspired the term in which does predate the harvard study and you are right they don't seem to quote anyone using the exact phraseology that i've seen so far at the same time they don't address the matter with is an odd oversight but this may have been simple bias on their part i'll keep poking around and see if i can get through to slate's corrections department via email and will follow up soon talk