>this read-between-the-lines idea that bothers me This "ick" factor is holding back both science and society. Lifting the taboo of acknowledging the "scientifi

>this read-between-the-lines idea that bothers me This "ick" factor is holding back both science and society. Lifting the taboo of acknowledging the "scientific evidence on the biological part" could, for example, explain why certain populations skew towards, for example, lower salary. If we stopped ignoring questions and answers because of an uncomfortable implication, we could explain and possibly correct population differences in equity without resorting to "crabs in a bucket" style disregard for merit brought about by an irrational assumption of equality in ability. >If we could stop this fixed mindset nonsense Differences in cognitive performance among genders are no more nonsensical than physical differences in performance[1]. We know that cognition is influenced by brain structure, hormone concentration, neurotransmitter concentration, and we know that these differ markedly between the two genders, but for some reason people are unwilling to acknowledge that these could lead to different abilities in application. At the very least, one must admit that time and resources are required to "work with" the brain's plasticity to overcome fundamentally biological differences, and that leads to difference average performance among genders in different roles. 1.http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/study-finds-some-significant-differences-brains-men-and-women http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/study-finds-some-sign... Not the most official source, but a good overview of what amount to pretty old ideas, in an unbiased context. This science is only controversial because people are biased by the implication of the results.