Re: Grammar

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@atos.wmid.amu.edu.pl>]

Dnia Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:39:09AM +0200, Thomas A. Schmitz napisał(a):
> 
> On Jul 28, 2010, at 11:29 AM, John Haltiwanger wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Marcin Borkowski
> >>
> >>I am not sure that I understood your point, but I am quite convinced
> >>that the low percentage of women in mathematics or IT is caused
> >>primarily by the simple fact that an average female brain is not well
> >>fit for this particular purpose.  (Of course, we all know notable
> >>exceptions.  Also note that "better/worse fit for one particular
> >>purpose" is completely unrelated to "better/worse in general".)
> >
> >I'd laugh at this if it wasn't the same shit that's been going around
> >for years in the math/IT circles. Socialization is the cause behind
> >this, not natural differences in brain structure. If the society has
> >decided to accept and repeat this "fact" over and over, and men will
> >generally act as if it is true (pushing out females who make the
> >attempt), then it will come to "appear" as true. But that doesn't make
> >it any less BS.
> 
> No no, I've seen excellent scientific research on this question. It  
> was in a German periodical of 1938. The article explained why women  
> can't do math. I also gave a rigorous demonstration that Poles are  
> genetically inferior to Germans and can only be plumbers or thieves...
> 
> But seriously: Marcin, I would recommend you stop posting on this. All  
> you show is your complete lack of intellectual awareness. You're  
> embarrassing yourself, and that's all.

Why?  Only because I don't believe some claims I find to be highly
controversial?  And BTW, where's the famous freedom of speech?  I do not
claim that I have any research behind my opinion, but I claim that
neither have you.  Any experiment in social science involves so many
factors that obtaining any certain results is imho nearly impossible.
And I do not find anything which would mean that women are "worse" than
men just because they are different.  Of course, it might be the case
that I am just not right, but I don't think that being not right is
embarassing when you have no proofs in either direction.

In other words: I cannot imagine an experiment which might prove any of
us wrong on this subject, and I can see some hints which support your
claim and some which support mine.

Regards

-- 
Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl)
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