> Won wrote: > Ray Champagne wrote: > > http://www.local6.com/education/4090001/detail.html > >
>From what I've read this is a mis-understanding of what he said similar to the guy who, about 10 years ago, came out with a book based on his scientific studies which said, among other things, that on average Afro-americans had lower IQs and larger units than either whites or Asians. This generated all kinds of controversey for the same reason - people look at it as politically incorrect rather than as scientific fact. Women, on-average, may be worse at science and math than men. So? That doesn't mean if you're a women you've got no aptitude for science and math, just that probablistically the fact that you're a women mean you don't. I've also read that, on average, women are smarter than men. Basically most women are of average intelligence, while most men are either smart or stupid. For some reason people (probably only the stupid people ;-) take these stats to mean that NO women are smart or NO women have math aptitude. That would be sexist. Saying that, statistically, women have a lower chance of having high math aptitude is not. Anedotal Evidence: * My wife went to a "quant jock" grad school - only 20% of her class were women, but she graduated #1. * My undergrad work was in engineering - there were hardly any women in my upper division classes but the ones that were there kicked my a** at everything. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143137 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
