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But, was the paper factual?
by antiquark 6y ago
But, was the paper factual?
- mhh__ 6y agoI think the fuss is specifically being kicked up about a lack of consideration of bias, but it's hard to judge with these cases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variability_hypothesis#Contemporary_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variability_hypothesis#Contemp... Merely mentioning the variation hypothesis is enough to get you at least shouted at in some circles. Ultimately a lot of this controversy seems to derive from tribalism and a frankly questionable implication that because we should treat each other equally we are all made identically - Ignoring the obvious differences in things like Sport, men and women have fundamentally evolved to be good at different things. Besides, if the variation hypothesis is true surely that's a point for the women anyway? Not only does it mean that woman may be the better hire at scale, but that any abundance of men in roles that require qualities in the tails of the distribution is inherently balanced e.g. More mathematicians, more cannon fodder.