Boys with Longer Ring Fingers are Better at Math

slashthedot writes "While it is well known that boys have longer ring fingers as compared to index fingers, now some researchers say that the longer the ring finger ratio to index finger, the better boys are at math. In girls, the shorter the ring finger to index finger ratio, the better is their verbal skills. 'The link, according to the researchers, is that testosterone levels in the womb influence both finger length and brain development.'"

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[Butisol]

The ratio of men to women in mathematically intensive disciplines is purely the result of patriarchy, glass ceilings, canes as thick as thumbs, the porn industry, and enculturation via pink dresses and My Little Pony dolls.

Clearly, government must start an expensive program of Grrl Computer Camps to lower this ratio.

Re:Testosterone levels?

[Shados]

Different brain development, not better brain development.

Re:ob.

[Pantero Blanco]

But seriously. I'm not sure if this kind of research is ethically sound. Considering people could exploit this as a basic form of eugenics... how much more research like this should we be willing to tolerate? And what exactly was the goal of this study?

Stopping research because people could conceivably use it for unethical purposes is a terrible idea. I'm no geneticist, but couldn't correlations we find like this help when we get deeper into genetic engineering by helping us isolate genes that produce a particular result?

Re:ATT: Mathbots

[anagama]

If rich wives don't really love their husband why is that?

She's a dishonest prostitute. The man who wins is the one who doesn't marry and visits with honest prostitutes. Probably cheaper and more fun in the long run.