[FRIAM] the white male effect (was Re: beyond reductionism twice)

2013-03-28 Thread glen e. p. ropella
Victoria Hughes wrote at 03/26/2013 11:27 AM: 1. The discussion also references non-European, non-white-male models for awareness, reality, conceptual modeling, etc. I found this interesting: Is the culturally polarizing effect of science literacy on climate change risk perceptions related to

Re: [FRIAM] the white male effect (was Re: beyond reductionism twice)

2013-03-28 Thread Merle Lefkoff
Since research is compelling that levels of testosterone in males determine willingness to take risks, I wonder if it also affects perception of risk. On Mar 28, 2013, at 2:39 PM, glen e. p. ropella wrote: Victoria Hughes wrote at 03/26/2013 11:27 AM: 1. The discussion also references

Re: [FRIAM] the white male effect (was Re: beyond reductionism twice)

2013-03-28 Thread glen e. p. ropella
Merle Lefkoff wrote at 03/28/2013 01:51 PM: Since research is compelling that levels of testosterone in males determine willingness to take risks, I wonder if it also affects perception of risk. I would think so. But you'd also have to fold in the extent to which someone was narcissistic or

Re: [FRIAM] the white male effect (was Re: beyond reductionism twice)

2013-03-28 Thread Saul Caganoff
I'm astonished that anyone could even contemplate fitting a straight line to those scatter plots. Alternative hypothesis...isn't it just that EWMs have a propensity to benefit from the status-quo? Saul Sent from my iPhone On 29/03/2013, at 7:39 AM, glen e. p. ropella g...@tempusdictum.com