"John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
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> "Parse Tree" <parsetree at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > These studies are all quite meaningless. It is a fact that men perform
> > better in mathematics, which means that males have a higher level
> > performance. Anything else is an arbitrary assessment, just as it would
> be
> > to say that males perform better because their brains are different.
> > Completely arbitrary.
> >
> >
>> Really? "Completely arbitrary"?
>> What about the following:
>> John Knight
You can't score anything other than logic and reasoning intelligently, since
other subjects are subjective, rather than objective.
> Seven percent taller.
> Twice as strong.
> Fifty percent heavier.
> Endowed with 3 1/2 billion more brain cells (22.8 billion vs. 19.3
billion).
> Forty seven points (18.5%) higher scoring in SAT Math Exams.
> Seven percent higher scoring in SAT Verbal Exams.
The SAT Verbal exam is not impartial.
> One hundred points (42%) higher scoring in Graduate Record Exams.
> Twenty two points higher scoring in Numbers & Equations. Exams.
That's math.
> Forty two points higher scoring in Calculus Exams.
That's math.
> Thirty one points higher scoring in Geometry Exams.
That's math.
> Thirty four points higher scoring in Physics Exams.
That's math. Some of that's memorization, and picking a certain view of
reality. You are aware that they completely throw away different paradigms,
right?
> Fifty three points higher scoring in Mechanics Exams.
Some more math, with some memorization as above.
> Twenty one points higher scoring in Electricity & Magnetism Exams.
Same as other physics exams.
> Six points higher scoring in Heat Exams.
Same as above.
> Eighteen points higher scoring Wave Phenomena Exams.
See above.
> Twenty points higher scoring in Modern Physics Exams.
See above.
> Thirty one points higher scoring in Advanced Math Exams.
That's math.
> Twenty three points higher scoring in General Science Exams.
Arbitrary. Memorization is not a question of intelligence.
> Eleven points higher scoring in General Math Exams.
Math again.
> More emotionally stable.
This one is completely arbitrary.
> Forty two precent greater income earners overall.
That is not indicative of intelligence.
> Sixty seven percent greater income earners in sales positions.
Also not indicative.
> Responsible for 90% of average family incomes (California Senate Task
Force
> on Family Equity).
> More than one hundred percent of IRS Personal Income Tax Payees.
> Less than 10% of federal social/welfare beneficiaries.
> Ninety four percent of the prison population.
> Perpetrators of less than half of serious crimes.
> 94% of child support collection efforts.
> Pay more and
> Are twice as likely to pay the "child support" ordered.
> Acquitted one ninth as often for the same crime.
> Sentenced 3 times as long for the same crime.
> Less than 1% of harassment and discrimination lawsuits against their
> employers.
> Recipients of less than 10% of "family leave benefits".
> Expected to live seven years shorter.
> One third of Social Security recipients.
> Eighty percent of murder victims, with no "Violence Against Men Act" to
> protect them.
> Sixty percent of violent crime victims.
> Five times more likely to commit suicide.
> Sole initiators of 27% of domestic violence.
> Perpetrators of 46% of "severe" domestic violence.
> One fourth as likely to file for divorce.
> Custodial parents of less than 4% of children of divorce.
> One eighth as likely to kill their children.
> One eighth as likely to abuse their children.
> Holders of less than 35% of the nation's wealth (Fortune Magazine).
> Systemically discriminated against by law through affirmative action.
> Forty seven percent of the nation's voters.
> Ninety seven percent of "Noted American Cartoonists".
> Ninety seven percent of "Noted Business Leaders, Industrialists, &
> Philanthropists".
> Seventy eight percent of "Noted Personalities".
> Eighty six percent of winners of "The Springdarn Medal" by the NAACP.
> Ninety nine percent of "National Inventors' Hall of Fame".
> Eighty five percent of Computer Science Doctorates.
> Ninety nine point nine percent of America's 524,732 battle deaths.
> One hundred percent of "National Aviation Hall of Fame".
> One hundred percent of "National Baseball Hall of Fame".
> One hundred percent of "College Football Hall of Fame".
> One hundred percent of "Pro Football Hall of Fame".
> One hundred percent of "National Basketball Association Champions".
> One hundred percent of "National Hockey League Yearly Trophy Winners".
> One hundred percent of "American Bowling Congress Champions".
> One hundred percent of "World Boxing Title Holders".
> One hundred percent of "World Wrestling Championships".
> One hundred percent of "Kentucky Derby Winners".
> One hundred percent of "Tour de France Winners".
> One hundred percent of "Harness Racing Records".
> One hundred percent of "Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association Winners".
> One hundred percent of "US Open Championships" in golf.
> One hundred percent of "Indianapolis 500" auto racing winners.
> One hundred percent of "World Gran Prix Driver Champions".
> One hundred percent of "America's Cup Record" in yachting.
> One hundred percent of "World Champions in Chess".
> One hundred percent of "US Champions in Chess".
> One hundred percent of Fortune 500 Corporations' CEOs.
> One hundred percent of US presidents.
> One hundred percent of the authors of constitutions.
> One hundred percent of the original disciples of world religions.
> One hundred percent of "Poets Laureate of England".
> One hundred percent of "Enrico Fermi Award Winners".
> One hundred percent of "Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress in
> Religion".
> Ninety percent of "Bollingen Prize in Poetry Winners".
> Ninety nine point seven percent of "Nobel Prize in Physics" winners.
> Ninety nine percent of "Nobel Prize in Chemistry" winners.
> Ninety six percent of "Nobel Prize for Medicine" winners*.
> One hundred percent of "Nobel Prize for Economic Science" winners.
> Ninety eight (oops, ninety three, oops ninety) percent of "Nobel Prize in
> Literature" winners.
> Ninety five percent of "Nobel Peace Prize" winners.
> One hundred percent of "Pulitzer Prize for News Photography" winners.
> Ninety six percent of "Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting"
winnners.
> One hundred percent of Navy SEALS.
None of these are indicative of intelligence at all.
