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Quoting from the memo itself, "Women, on average, have more: [...] Neuroticism (higher anxiety, lower stress tolerance)". I don't believe there is any other co
by chimprich 9y ago
Quoting from the memo itself, "Women, on average, have more: [...] Neuroticism (higher anxiety, lower stress tolerance)".
I don't believe there is any other context to it. It is not at all clear to me that the author is not referring to neuroticism in the colloquial or clinical sense. If he did want to use such a potentially emotionally-loaded term in that sense he should have made it clear how he was using it.
- collyw 9y agoHe referenced a paper about it. That provided enough context for me to deduce that he was talking about the clinical sense.
- chimprich 9y agoI looked up the memo (assuming I have the found the original version; I checked several and they all claim to be the unedited version) and it links to a general Wikipedia article about the term.
- josteink 9y agoIirc the memo linked to sources on these specific terms. Links which gizmodo conveniently removed.