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Men And Women Think Women Are Bad At Basic Math

Posted by Unknown on from the my-mom-makes-fun-of-me-for-sucking-at-diff-eq dept.

sciencehabit writes "Think women can't do math? You're wrong — but new research (paywalled) shows you might not change your mind, even if you get evidence to the contrary. A study of how both men and women perceive each other's mathematical ability finds that an unconscious bias against women — by both men and women — could be skewing hiring decisions, widening the gender gap in mathematical professions like engineering."

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  1. Re:Life extension is bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    "We" aren't going anywhere, weird billionaire's fantasies of a grave on Mars notwithstanding. The population is increasing by 200,000 people a DAY, we'd need something like SEVENTY THOUSAND SATURN V LAUNCHES EVERY DAY just to cancel out that growth. And for what? So they can go to the Moon for a week and come back?

    Who's going to pay for that? And if we had the money and resources to launch 70000 Saturn Vs a day, we damn well have the resources to make these people live right here! See how Space Nuttery is self-contradicting?

    Those space dreams are so far away from what's even remotely possible it's laughable to place any credibility with these dreams.

    But when the logic finally sinks in, they just invoke even bigger fantasies like 3D printed Space Elevators...

    It's a modern-day fairy tale for supposedly intelligent adults. It's not any different from people standing on street corners with fliers about heaven and god.