[Haskell-cafe] Are there any female Haskellers?

Eugene Kirpichov ekirpichov at gmail.com
Mon Mar 29 10:42:04 EDT 2010


>From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_intelligence
In a 2008 study[19] paid for by the National Science Foundation in the
United States, researchers found that "girls perform as well as boys
on standardized math tests. Although 20 years ago, high school boys
performed better than girls in math, the researchers found that is no
longer the case.

2010/3/29 Alberto G. Corona <agocorona at gmail.com>:
>
>> IQ tests, for example. google it.
>>
>> 2010/3/28 Jochem Berndsen <jochem at functor.nl>
>>>
>>> Alberto G. Corona wrote:
>>> >  The reasons for the sexual differences in mathematical abilities are
>>> > different, because math abilities  are not a -primary- reason for
>>> > survival.  Tools engineering and mastering is. If this is politically
>>> > incorrect I beg you pardon, but this is my honest theory about that. My
>>> > other hobby is evolution and evolutionary psichology.  I really
>>> > recommend to learn about it.
>>>
>>> Could you point us to any evidence that supports your assumption that
>>> there are "sexual differences in mathematical abilities"?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Jochem
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jochem Berndsen | jochem at functor.nl
>>
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