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Maryam Mirzakhani Is the First Woman Fields Medalist
An anonymous reader sends news that the 2014 Fields Medals have been awarded for outstanding work in the field of mathematics. The winners are Artur Avila, Manjul Bhargava, Martin Hairer, and Maryam Mirzakhani. Quanta Magazine writes,
Mirzakhani is the first woman to win a Fields Medal. The gender imbalance in mathematics is long-standing and pervasive, and the Fields Medal, in particular, is ill-suited to the career arcs of many female mathematicians. It is restricted to mathematicians younger than 40, focusing on the very years during which many women dial back their careers to raise children. Mirzakhani feels certain, however, that there will be many more female Fields medalists in the future. "There are really many great female mathematicians doing great things," she said.
Quanta has profiles of the other winners as well (Avila, Bhargava, Hairer), and of Rolf Nevanlinna Prize winner Subhash Khot.
No we can't, I have no time for feminazis however we need to acknowledge that we need smart women to have more children because due to the influence of the chromosomal distribution of brain and cognition related genes the mother's contribution to her offspring's intelligence may be greater than the father's.
We need to accept this and publicly acknowledged it before we can reconfigure our society to remove the current disincentives that result in naturally talented women choosing career over family when with the right society they could have both.
However if you disagree feel free to breed with some bimbo trophy wife, and then spend the rest of your life regretting the money and effort you put into your cretinous offspring.
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