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> I get so many downvotes when I discuss this topic with data It's a bit like the flying spaghetti monster book where they correlate the decline of piracy with
by cturner 15y ago
> I get so many downvotes when I discuss this topic with data
It's a bit like the flying spaghetti monster book where they correlate the decline of piracy with global warming. You need to present data, and then also provide a link between it and the point you're making. I dispute the strong link between math and programming.
I accept your correction in that we're making the same point about young men. What I should have said is that the way you phrase it makes it seem like it's women that initiate the pattern. I don't think that's so. Although perhaps you could go back further and ask, what made the men neurotic in the first place, was it cruel rejection or bullying by prom queens - no idea. I just found the phrasing backwards.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoYou need to present data, and then also provide a link between it and the point you're making. I dispute the strong link between math and programming. Fair enough. I thought the link was obvious enough, but you are keeping me honest. I have no data proving this link myself. However, I just messaged a friend of mine who occasionally dabbles in math-ed stuff. He recommends these (paywalled) papers as starting points: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1500963&dl=ACM&coll=DL&CFID=61707367&CFTOKEN=65819938 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1500963&dl=ACM&col... http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1047480 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1047480 And an older paper "Identification of Computer Programming Aptitude", by Alspaugh (one of the early works). I'll asked him to give me copies next time I see him in person (I'm no longer an academic, so I can't access university libraries).