From: john@jfeldredge.com   
      
   On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:55:15 -0800, David Friedman wrote:   
      
   > In article <6q4vqsFaidvcU2@mid.individual.net>,   
   >  "John F. Eldredge"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> It sounds more like your pride never recovered from finding out that   
   >> quite a few women were smarter than you are.  As far as I can tell, the   
   >> distribution of intelligence is about the same in both genders.   
   >   
   > Do you mean "on the basis of casual observation" or "I've looked at the   
   > literature and that's my summary"?   
   >   
   > As best I can tell, the proposition that the distribution of measured   
   > intelligence is wider in men than in women is generally accepted in the   
   > literature, as is the proposition that women, on average, score better   
   > on some parts of IQ tests than men and worse on others.   
      
   I have looked at some of the literature, but haven't researched it in   
   depth.  However, James' assertion that the presence of women in high   
   academic ranks must be based upon political correctness, not their   
   abilities, sounds rather like "someone else's career is advancing faster   
   than mine and I am jealous".   
      
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