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Did you mean to link to the "MM" fragment?
by chasingsparks 17y ago
Did you mean to link to the "MM" fragment?
- araneae 17y agoGiven that HN loves gender differences, he probably did. And on that note, I'm not sure the marshmallow study is particularly relevant to his point. The reason girls do better in school is probably for a number of reasons, maturity probably being key, but his point that boys are more rebellious is probably part of it. Guys are less risk averse than girls, which is probably why more girls tow the go-to-college line and more boys start their own businesses. For that he should have cited studies on gender differences in risk aversion and the benefits of risk taking, not the marshmallow study.
- Alex3917 17y agoExcept for that the article is about self-discipline, not about gender differences or doing well in school. (Unless you're talking about the submitter and not Kohn.)
- araneae 17y agoI'm talking about the submitter. The section header that the submitter linked to (#MM) is entitled "On Marshmallows and Gender Differences: Rereading Self-Discipline Research."
- zb 17y agoYes, I wasn't sure about that either. The whole thing really is worth reading (in fact the sidebar was arguably the less interesting part).