Wallace Smyth
Aug 9, 2017 · 1 min read

“ but if you are going to argue that the “distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes”, I’d like to point out that I am genetically predisposed to be better at math & other computational sciences.”

I’m sure you are smart enough to understand that just because your family is loaded with people who do maths, doesn’t mean that they are actually good at maths (not saying if they are or aren’t), nor does it mean you inherited good math genes!

I’m saying this as my own mother, a licensed professional engineer, has a PHD in EE and was a key developer for fuel cell technology and fixed plate energy recovery ventilators. My father is also a PE.

No doubt that intellect is inherited. Is it possible that the distribution is not normal? I would say yes. Binomial, Poisson, beta and gamma distributions are highly common in genetics and bioinformatics. I would also say there are more than likely way more things going on what we have already discovered.

How does that play out with cultural and societal norms?

In any case, I totally agree with the rest. Your point 1 and Google note are spot on and need to be discussed more.

If you’re ever in Florida, would love to grab coffee!

    Wallace Smyth

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