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"All of them are men." I have a PhD in physics and one of Nobel prize laureates in theoretical physics made the following observation in my presence (I will le
by cft 5y ago
"All of them are men."
I have a PhD in physics and one of Nobel prize laureates in theoretical physics made the following observation in my presence (I will leave him anonymous for obvious reasons): "All crackpots with zero knowledge of physics that have ever emailed me are men. It shows that there's more to the STEM gender gap than discrimination".
- gifnamething 5y agoThat's entirely compatible with the concept of girls being pushed away from STEM via social pressure
- sterlind 5y agoI don't understand the point. couldn't it just mean that men are more likely to be crackpots? or that women are more likely to read up before confidently asserting they know the answer? fwiw I'm a woman who's interested in physics, though I haven't contributed any crackpot ideas.
- digisign 5y agoWeren't the "crackpots" lumped in with quite a few folks that weren't confident, merely curious?