From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/60466 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Grammar Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:09 +0200 Message-ID: <454323DC-B72C-4418-9B30-89C0E81DB634@uni-bonn.de> References: <20100727084715.GD26009@atos.labs.wmid.amu.edu.pl> <20100727225714.GG26009@atos.labs.wmid.amu.edu.pl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; DelSp="yes" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280309971 5051 80.91.229.12 (28 Jul 2010 09:39:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:39:31 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Jul 28 11:39:29 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oe36l-0004Yw-9V for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9CDC9C61; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:26 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id QhjsXBoZXNSo; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F26ABC9C8B; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C74CFC9C69 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id w4dABVNyFsBu for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from uni-bonn.de (mail.uni-bonn.de [131.220.15.113]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32BFAC9C33 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from homer.philologie.uni-bonn.de ([131.220.89.142] verified) by fe2.uni-bonn.de (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTP id 42963521 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:60466 Archived-At: 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________