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There's not a single statistic in this entire article. I'm left with the conclusion that it's nothing except anecdotal sexist rambling.
by seanmcq 17y ago
There's not a single statistic in this entire article. I'm left with the conclusion that it's nothing except anecdotal sexist rambling.
- tokenadult 17y agoThere's not a single statistic in this entire article. True that. This is a very common shortcoming of many blog posts, but that doesn't keep those from being submitted to HN in great number.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoIt would be interesting to gather data on the subject, but it seems to be one of those commonly-understood truths. I suppose you could study it by showing men and women a pair of conversation transcripts about relationships, one of which accomplishes nothing, and one of which ends in a useful resolution ("I feel X," "That's terrible," versus "I feel X," "You should Y."). Then men and women could rate which conversation seemed better, according to a couple qualities. It might be hard to get funding, though.
- albertsun 17y agoThis isn't a topic that a study or statistics would help illuminate at all. Some stories or arguments are best made with anecdote and example. Attempts to apply scientific methods to arguments like this usually just lead to bullshit studies like the one debunked here http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2232 http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2232 and are even worse.