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IQ variance might explain part of the difference in nobel prize winners, but is minuscule at average IQ in tech (~90th percentile).
by saddlerustle 9y ago
IQ variance might explain part of the difference in nobel prize winners, but is minuscule at average IQ in tech (~90th percentile).
- Pulcinella 9y agoYet Marie Curie was the first person to receive two prizes. In fact, she was the only person who received two science Nobel prizes for 61 years.
- sn9 9y agoThat really doesn't invalidate the statistical argument. She was one person. A better counter-argument would have been to focus on how historically women have been actively and passively discouraged from entering the sciences at practically every level of education. This more clearly has a causal role with Nobel rates and likely played a large role in the disparity.