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I expect to see this downvoted into oblivion, but you're not wrong. Men have a wider distribution of intelligence than women, so you end up with more male reta
by douche 10y ago
I expect to see this downvoted into oblivion, but you're not wrong. Men have a wider distribution of intelligence than women, so you end up with more male retards and more male geniuses. The bell curve is real.
- bordercases 10y agoIn a real meritocracy you would expect gender imbalances anyway, because of statistical phenomena such as these. Funny enough there are few comments on the gender imbalance of more females in nursing than males. Regardless of whether it comes down to stigmatizing of the profession (possible given the higher end of wages in nursing meaning the incentive should be there) or if it has to do with some distribution of talent, it's not commented on, despite being consistent with a universal application of sexism logic vs a particular application for just one gender.
- valhalla 10y agoSteven Pinker wrote about the distribution you mention in 2002 in the "Blank Slate". I'd highly recommend it to anyone who's interested in neuroscience and assumptions about human nature that underly political discourse in this country. It's remarkably relevant even though it's over a decade old
- projektir 10y agoThe statement "men have higher quantitative reasoning ability than women" seems to only take into account one side of the bell curve.