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Old 15-November-2008, 07:45 PM
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Question Gender differences in Male and Female Math Performance

Although the statistics tend to give a strong support for major wiring differences of neurons and ultimately neuro-chemistry between the sexes---must we embrace it at face-value--- w/o "seeing" brain-imaging results for a large population? The studies are very well done. I am not so much attacking the study--as I am questioning whether we should throw out any data that does not conform to the statistics? Does this not, in some, instances require those who would rather conform to a norm of society that is imposed by a scientific study? "People" for better or worse usually choose a path of least resistance...I believe that if one is given a choice of "better-outcome" as opposed to "poor-outcome" in their daily affairs--he/she will choose the latter. And this may not always conform to the statistical mean---the "outliers" of a statistical study--for better or worse are usually thrown out----and it is those outliers that may lead to a next discovery or breakthrough.
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