Re:The Case Against Civilization
by toasterlovin on Thursday September 28, 2017 @01:30PM
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> It's worth pointing out that men also tend to outnumber women significantly at the far left end of most bell curves.
The lack of understanding around the implications of normal distributions is such a problem when discussing this topic. Another thing that most people miss is that, if you're zoomed way in on the very end of the right side, things are going to look very different than if you are zoomed out and looking at the entire curve.
It's worth pointing out that men also tend to outnumber women significantly at the far left end of most bell curves. Data appears to show that for many traits, men have higher variability of traits, possibly caused by the differing sexual selection strategies of men and women. (There is much more diversity among mitochondrial DNA than Y-chromosomal DNA, which is just one piece of evidence among many that a smaller number of males produce a disproportionate amount of the offspring.)