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Re:The Fields Medal should return to its roots by barry-cotter on Sunday February 11, 2018 @06:20PM (#16355404)
To see why this is not true think about the average difference in men and women’s height and the relative prevalence of men and women among people 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9m tall, etc.
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Re:The Fields Medal should return to its roots by YeGoblynQueenne on Sunday February 11, 2018 @09:14PM (#16356058)
The difference with height is that you can train mathematical skill. For women to be trying, presumably as hard as the men, to become good enough to be elligible for a Fields medal, but (almost) never achieving it- they have to really suck at maths to begin with.
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Re:The Fields Medal should return to its roots by barry-cotter on Sunday February 11, 2018 @10:30PM (#16356324)
Mathematical skill can be trainable without a huge difference in male/female representation implying women are unable to add two and two, your original bar for sucking at math.

There are many, many obviously trainable skills where the best men are very obviously superior to the best women, sports and athletics providing endless examples. I would be very happy just to finish a marathon but the Irish men’s world record is almost ten minutes faster than the woman’s world record.

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Re:The Fields Medal should return to its roots by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:17PM (#16362855)
Malright. That was a dumb argument. Mine I mean.
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Re:The Fields Medal should return to its roots by vinchuco on Sunday February 11, 2018 @09:24PM (#16356097)
Nature vs nurture.
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