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I agree statistics doesn't say much for individuals because anyone could be an outlier, but as the numbers approach 70-80 percent, it's hard to deny the differe
by proc0 4y ago
I agree statistics doesn't say much for individuals because anyone could be an outlier, but as the numbers approach 70-80 percent, it's hard to deny the difference is real. i also agree the cheating statistics might not reflect real underlying differences but that does not extrapolate to all difference between males and females. We can do something similar with age. Older people are more likely to have some health issue i.e. high blood pressure, but it doesn't mean that much for individuals, since there are plenty of very healthy elderly people yet the statistic is definitely reflecting a real difference between young and old. In other words, generalization may never be absolute but it doesn't mean the groups being surveyd/tested are the same.
When it comes to males and females, the definition of each phenotype is in the genes/DNA. These instructions produce everything that produces a man or a woman. These blueprints are distinct from each other even though there is certainly overlap, and they can be categorized by the features they produce. It's certainly not a sharp dividing line, but the categories are distinct despite overlapping and having fuzzy borders.