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That’s a looooot or claims without anything like citations and support in that blog. It all sounds alright until you realize it’s a house of cards shown to you

That’s a looooot or claims without anything like citations and support in that blog. It all sounds alright until you realize it’s a house of cards shown to you at a very particular angle under the best possible light. I was sort of curious if it was a one-off from someone who didn’t know how to source their claims, but reading some more on that site it seems to be more like very genteel propaganda. The theme seems to be a retread of old ideas on sex, race, and genetics arrived at by cherry picking results which agree with the premise. Well written prose, but devoid of intellectual rigour.

wycs 8y ago
It’s a blog post. Basically everything there is not controversial in the relevant fields. The difference in spatial rotation is extremely well replicated:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19086027_Emergence_and_Characterization_of_Sex_Differences_in_Spatial_Ability_A_Meta-Analysis https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19086027_Emergence_... The difference in grip strength:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17186303/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17186303/ It just is the case that professional women’s sports teams lose to male high school teams regularly:https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/u-women-hockey-team-scrimmaging-against-high-school-170704740--oly.html https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/blo... I don’t think lack of citations is your true objection.
- DmenshunlAnlsis 8y ago
  I wasn’t concerned about no-brainers like grip-strength, which really in no way bears on the central claims made.
  - wycs 8y ago
    Then provide some examples.
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alexandercrohde 8y ago
I agree citations would be nice, but not having them doesn't make it false, just means you need to do the research yourself. For example, a quick google corroborates the boys under 15 team beating the women pro soccer team [1]. Or men dying twice as much in car accidents[2]. 1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3609949/Matildas-lose-7-0-Newcastle-Jets-15s-Rio-Olympics-warm-up.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3609949/Ma... 2. http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalityfacts/gender http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalit...

wycs 8y ago

It’s a blog post. Basically everything there is not controversial in the relevant fields. The difference in spatial rotation is extremely well replicated:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19086027_Emergence_and_Characterization_of_Sex_Differences_in_Spatial_Ability_A_Meta-Analysis https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19086027_Emergence_... The difference in grip strength:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17186303/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17186303/ It just is the case that professional women’s sports teams lose to male high school teams regularly:https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/u-women-hockey-team-scrimmaging-against-high-school-170704740--oly.html https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/blo... I don’t think lack of citations is your true objection.

DmenshunlAnlsis 8y ago
I wasn’t concerned about no-brainers like grip-strength, which really in no way bears on the central claims made.
- wycs 8y ago
  Then provide some examples.
- deleted 8y ago
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alexandercrohde 8y ago

I agree citations would be nice, but not having them doesn't make it false, just means you need to do the research yourself. For example, a quick google corroborates the boys under 15 team beating the women pro soccer team [1]. Or men dying twice as much in car accidents[2]. 1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3609949/Matildas-lose-7-0-Newcastle-Jets-15s-Rio-Olympics-warm-up.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3609949/Ma... 2. http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalityfacts/gender http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalit...