Lorin Hochstein <lor...@gmail.com> writes: >Does anybody know if there has been any empirical research that shows that >younger computer-using professionals (accountants, scientists, engineers) >really do implicitly trust the output of computer programs more than >experienced computer users? e.g., Is years of computing experience (or age) a >good predictor of skepticism in computing results?
Try googling "white male effect" [0] (specifically in relation to technology), although I don't know if there's been any work on this in regard to older vs. younger white males. Peter. [0] a.k.a. "politically safe to single out demographic effect", I'm just waiting to see what happens to someone who publishes a paper identifying an Asian female effect or something similar.