[Noisebridge-discuss] Some interesting thoughts on "benevolent sexism"

LinkReincarnate linkreincarnate at gmail.com
Sun Apr 7 00:35:05 UTC 2013


Amen rev
On Apr 6, 2013 4:58 PM, "Mitchel McAllister" <xonimmortal at yahoo.com> wrote:

> That's a good name for it. And it's also an excellent example of what was
> said earlier about journalists not getting science right. However, Dr. Amen
> seems like she decided to "spice it up" as well, from the soundbytes she
> provided.
>
> There are more than a few issues with the article, from what I can see. Of
> course, the main problem is that once again we are handed a bunch of
> statistics, as predictors.
>
> Repeat after me, "Statistics are descriptive, not predictive."
>
> - Reverend Mik McAllister
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>
>
> --- On *Sat, 4/6/13, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> This is what I call Digital Phrenology.
>
> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Gavin Knight <gnnrok at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=gnnrok@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> Did you see this article 2 days ago anyone?
>
> http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/surprising-differences-between-male-and-female-brain200
>
>
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