On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 02:30:03PM -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> On Feb 5, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Nicholas Clark <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > 
> > Yes. Surprisingly familiar set of names, most I recognise from at least 10
> > years ago.
> > 
> > Why aren't there new names?
> 
> Likely the same reason(s) as 10 or more years ago. :)
> 
> > (The breeding programme will take time to deliver results. Something needs
> > to change in the meantime)
> 
> Well, there have been a lot of words wasted on "Why aren't there more
> women in $x?" for just as many years with just as little change and I
> do think the correlation is meaningful if not causation. The breeding
> programme does appear to be producing quite a few females so you'd
> think there'd be more earnest investigation instead of believing the
> world will be miraculously changed in a few years, but I'm not
> optimistic such will be the case.

I was going to make some kind of actually relevant contribution, but as
I am ill, it would probably come out all wrong. I'll try to remember to
say something later if this doesn't kill me.

dha

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