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To: Lane3 who wrote (101857)2/23/2005 7:12:04 PM
From: TimF   of 793717
 
My main reaction goes beyond just math. Its quite possible that counter to the conventional wisdom, there are just as many women with the potential to become high level experts at math as there are men. Its even possible that, reversing the conventional wisdom that women have more potential in math. It is also probably true that when there are overall differences in mental ability in particular areas that the overlap is bigger than the average difference. But even if the overlap is large I am fairly sure that there are some areas where one sex is better than the other, even if you just limit it to mental skills or temperaments. Very small differences in average ability can make for noticeable differences at the far end of the bell curve. Those noticeable differences should not automatically be taken as signs of discrimination, and should not be used to support quotas and such.

Tim
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