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brain sizes: Einstein's and women's

John Knight johnknight at usa.com
Mon Jul 22 18:38:46 EST 2002


"Shadow Dancer" <insomniac at winterslight.org> wrote in message
news:ah7bh3$r24su$1 at ID-150265.news.dfncis.de...
> <tons of snippage>
> > You claim "sexual equality" and then make STUPID remarks like that which
> no
> > man would dare utter?  There is absolutely no "equality" here.  It's
> > precisely the opposite, because your fixation with sex demonstrates the
> > limit of your intellectual prowess.  The mere mention of sex in this
> context
> > is a putrid, perverted thought, but since you couldn't refute the POINT,
> > what else should we expect from a brain missing 3 1/2 billion brain
cells?
> >
> > John Knight
>
> I expect, and see, a lot more from J's brain than yours, because, despite
> the cell count, she is using hers not only more efficiently - but at a
> higher percentage.
>
> I noticed how you are consistently ignoring the facts that it is the
> percentage used, not the cell count, that truly matters.
>
> The Shadow Dancer
>
>

Are you saying that it's this higher usage of cell count in the female brain
that causes them to score so low in EACH and EVERY mental aptitude test ever
developed, except Wechsler's "IQ Test", which eliminated the 94% of the
questions which actually tested mental aptitude?

ahh, I see.  Thx.

John Knight

ps--this is from http://christianparty.net/timss.htm

In the following 12 subjects, no country scored lower than American 12th
Grade Girls who scored:

22 points lower than American boys and 90 points lower than Greek girls in
Numbers & Equations.

41 points lower than American boys and 123 points lower than Cypriot girls
in Calculus.

31 points lower than American boys and 121 points lower than French girls in
Geometry.

34 points lower than American boys and 139 points lower than Norwegian girls
in Physics.

53 points lower than American boys and 130 points lower than Norwegian girls
in Mechanics.

21 points lower than American boys and 152 points lower than Swedish girls
in Electricity & Magnetism.

6 points lower than American boys and 37 points lower than Norwegian girls
in Heat.

18 points lower than American boys and 86 points lower than Swedish girls in
Wave Phenomena.

20 points lower than American boys and 92 points lower than Swedish girls in
Modern Physics.

31 points lower than American boys and 117 points lower than French girls in
Advanced Math.

23 points lower than American boys and 65 points lower than Swedish girls in
General Science.

11 points lower than American boys and 77 points lower than Dutch girls in
General Math.


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Zero percent of American 12th grade girls correctly solved TIMSS math
problems.

Zero percent of American 12th grade girls correctly solved TIMSS physics
problems.


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Among American students on other standardized tests:

In the quantitative section of the Graduate Record Exam:

Mexican boys score 3 points higher than White girls.

Mexican boys score 59 points higher than girls who major in education.

The average boys' score is 72 points higher than average girls' score.

Foreign boys score 171 points higher than American girls.

Asian boys score 234 points higher than black girls.

Boys who major in engineering score 251 points higher than girls who major
in education.

In the verbal section of the Graduate Record Exam:

Asian boys score 5 points higher than White girls.

Mexican boys score 23 points higher than girls who major in education.

Boys who major in humanities score 114 points higher than girls who major in
education.

White boys score 124 points higher than black girls.

In the analytical section of the Graduate Record Exam:

Mexican boys score 8 points higher than girls who major in education.

Indian boys score 15 points higher than girls who major in education.

Hispanic boys score 27 points higher than girls who major in education.

Asian boys score 79 points higher than girls who major in education.

White boys score 99 points higher than girls who major in education.

Boys score 46 points higher than girls in SAT math.

Boys score 2 points higher than girls in ACT math.

Boys score 5 points higher than girls in NAEP math.

Boys score 53 points higher than girls in TIMSS physics.

Boys score 41 points higher than girls in TIMSS calculus.

Swiss boys score 47 points higher than Swiss girls in TIMSS calculus.

Boys score 17 points higher than girls in IAEP math.

Men college graduates earn 66% more than women college graduates






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