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Related theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variability_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variability_hypothesis I first heard of this when researchin
by pubby 7y ago
Related theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variability_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variability_hypothesis
I first heard of this when researching chess. Men rank ~200 ELO points higher than women at chess, which is a fairly significant amount. Men also seem to do better at several other non-physical competitions like Go, video games, and Jeopardy. Plus, the history of math and science is dominated by men at the top.
It seems like men are not smarter on average, but they do peak higher (and valley lower).
- aantix 7y agoHow do these studies control for social encouragement?
- mjfl 7y agoyou could run a female cohort that is subject to nonstop social encouragement "you are powerful. you belong." and then observe whether they reach the same levels of achievement. If they do not, then this is evidence that the achievement is not due to social encouragement. You could alternatively look at the negative manifestations of variability, like increase crime and violence, and try to socially discourage it. Expose males to "crime is bad. bad men go to prison where they cannot have sex with women for many years. if you do crime you are bad." Observe whether crime rate of men relative to women decreases. If it does not, it is evidence that social encouragement is not responsible for the difference in crime. You could also do a control where you discouraged men from achieving. "Nerds are gross" and see if that leads to a victory for feminism.
- szemet 7y agoHas already been done in the Polgar family, e.g.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r The article has some quotations about Judits opinion: "I always say that women should have the self-confidence that they are as good as male players, but only if they are willing to work and take it seriously as much as male players." and after a tournsment in 1988 (12yo) "These other girls are not serious about chess...I practice five or six hours a day, but they get distracted by cooking and work around the house."
- LiquidSky 7y ago>Has already been done in the Polgar family, Well, no, it hasn't, because whatever the one family does can't change society at large and the messages/treatment women receive from it. The quotes you provide are examples of that.
- LiquidSky 7y agoBut you can't do this because you can't isolate people from society at large.
- commandlinefan 7y ago> and valley lower Yeah - there are also a lot more men than women in prison.
- Grustaf 7y agoSurely that is more due to testosterone than stupidity.
- hatenberg 7y agoNever ascribe to testosterone what can be adequately explained with Dunning Kruger
- proc0 7y agoArguably testosterone can lead to stupid decisions.
- lliamander 7y agotestosterone certainly has a big impact, but the prison population also tends to have a much lower IQ average than the general population, and also tends have much higher rates of psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, etc.).
- Zod666 7y agoTestosterone also leads to risk taking. Stupid risks and smart ones. Testosterone plus intelligence may be why there are more male cofounders/CEO's...