I interpreted angersock's question to be about diversity in general, and not specifically gender diversity. For me, this is more of an observed relationship (w

I interpreted angersock's question to be about diversity in general, and not specifically gender diversity. For me, this is more of an observed relationship (with an overly-small sample size) than any kind of well-formed theory. Diversity of background seems to be correlated with diversity of ideas, which in turn seems to be correlated with fascinating discussions.