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Larry might be following the scientific evidence that having attractive women in the workplace reduces men's intelligence.
by marshallp 15y ago
Larry might be following the scientific evidence that having attractive women in the workplace reduces men's intelligence.
- lmkg 15y agoBut what about the scientific evidence that the performance of mixed-gender groups is higher than homogeneous groups of either gender? Funny thing, scientific evidence...
- shuzchen 15y agoIf they controlled for it, the results from the mixed-gender groups should be more applicable assuming an normal distribution of attractiveness. That doesn't run contradictory to the hypothesis that a non-normal distribution (that is, skewed on the attractive side) can hurt said performance.
- gwern 15y agoThe one recent study in that vein I remember had serious problems if you wanted to generalize it at all. Did you have something else in mind?
- baby 15y agoI think you're getting downvoted because it is a controversial idea. I don't think it's off-topic though. There are some taboo problems that happen in a small team of people who spend a lot of time together.
- schrototo 15y agoFor the same reason we shouldn't allow openly gay people into programming teams, because it would negatively affect team morale...