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The best theory is based on the fact that males can have an unlimited number of children while females can only have one every nine months. Hence, being an ext
by devit 9y ago
The best theory is based on the fact that males can have an unlimited number of children while females can only have one every nine months.
Hence, being an extremely sexually successful male is much more rewarding for the propagation of their genes than being an extremely sexually successful female.
Thus, males evolved to take more risks than females since there is a much bigger payoff for them: if a male can become an "omnipotent king" he can father children with every woman and spread his genes a lot, while a female "omnipotent queen" still can only make one child for every nine months.
Hence, males have more variance, meaning that the top in any field are very likely to be males, but also there are going to be much more men who are extremely unsuccessful.
This also means that women are probably better off on average, since psychological (as opposed to genetic-propagation-related) utility is logarithmic and thus reducing variance is advantageous for the individual.
- gumby 9y agoHow does this comment relate to any issue raised in the article?
- yters 9y agoEven though the stereotype of STEM is single men who cannot get dates? That does not sound like "omnipotent king", but it does sound like a story we might tell ourselves.
- kelukelugames 9y agoAs someone who grabbed coffee with women who churned through a lot of coffee dates with dudes from Amazon, I concur. My current partner had 3-4 coffee dates lined back to back every weekend. Other girls told me similar stories. I could tell when someone tried to slot me into one of her slots and I didn't appreciate it. My buddy in SF went through the same thing. Single women are so efficient in tech dominated areas like the Silicon Valley and Seattle. PS one of the most entertaining things to do is grab the girl's phone and read through the messages on her dating app. We men write some hilariously shitty messages. None of us are becoming an omnipotent king anytime soon.
- yakshaving_jgt 9y agoHere's an idea: Don't invade someone's privacy like that.
- kelukelugames 9y agoLol we are laughing about it together. Or do you mean the poor omnipotent Kings? In all fairness there is probably some poor gal out there mocking my bad tinder lines too. One even sent me a reply asking if my stupid line ever worked on anyone. That may have happened more than once.
- yters 9y agoA lady engineer told me something similar, that she got into CS because as the only female she immediately became cool. Seems like a smart move. A sizable portion of the CS class will go on to become reasonably wealthy, and a female engineer will have her pick due to the lack of competition.