Re: Grammar

["Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de>]

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.

Thomas
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