Also, why there are more men than women in STEM fields:

hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
I'd note that their main website (http://www.arcanium.info - also NSFW) features a very bloody picture of what's claimed to be a member of the band murdered by a psychopathic internet interviewer - a reasonable assumption might be that they know someone good with practical special effects.MrCrowley wrote:In Spud related news, someone left a comment on an Instructable of mine saying a member of a local band was injured by an exploding PVC t-shirt launcher:
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Ah, yes it was. Classic.jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Is that the Australian comic?
The popular perception of "science" and actual science are two different things though.I have to disagree - saying that someone's interest in science is non-genuine because they're not a researcher is much the same as saying you're not allowed to enjoy music unless you're a composer or that you can't like military history unless you're a Roman Centurion.
To be fair to the comic artist, it was me who put the gender spin on the piece. The fact that the character making the observation appears to be female could be incidental.And that comic doesn't really hold up across the board. There tend to be more women than men in anthropology discplines (often biology too) from what I've found and that's more or less reading dense research articles and collecting data here and there. The comic is based on the assumption that women have no interest/patience/intelligence/talent for interpreting research articles and conducting research. Is that the case? Doesn't appear to be. Another hypothesis is required.
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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
And the Dunning-Kruger effect means that's true for nearly anything.jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:The popular perception of "science" and actual science are two different things though.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
I'm largely with you guys on this one. I haven't got around to reading the report that figure came from but I was always suspicious of it. Even if it is true, I imagine the figures are inflated by over-representation in minority or low socioeconomic status groups. In which case I think breaking down the rape statistics by meaningful groups is more useful than using a statistic to summarise the whole.POLAND_SPUD wrote:Just stumbled upon this
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seems relevant to discussion on wimin and science
I have evidence to the contrary.velocity3x wrote:You never hear a guy say, "You know, I think I would like another kick in the nuts."
I would hardly call David Cameron a shining beacon of virility.Ragnarok wrote:Every time I see David Cameron on the television, he's practically begging for a kick in the nuts.
Pain is completely arbitrary so I guess such discussions are meaningless. Saying "I can take this much pain" is like saying "this is the heaviest stone I can lift". It applies only to you, and more or less training will affect your lifting abilities.Haha, I vaguely recall reading an article that passing certain sized kidney stones is actually more painful (for both men and women) than giving birth.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
Heh reminds me of thisedit: omg LHC webcam! http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html
Seriously dude get a freaking keylogger and stop having false ideas about women and stuff.I'm largely with you guys on this one. I haven't got around to reading the report that figure came from but I was always suspicious of it. Even if it is true, I imagine the figures are inflated by over-representation in minority or low socioeconomic status groups. In which case I think breaking down the rape statistics by meaningful groups is more useful than using a statistic to summarise the whole.
Yeah of course and I don't think the actions of giving birth and getting kicked in the nuts are even close to being similar. For one, you get a child at the end of giving birth (usually). Giving birth is often long and drawn out whereas getting a swift kick to the bollocks is just that. I imagine that both have different kinds of pain too; I don't think the kind of pain you feel when your nuts are assaulted (jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Pain is completely arbitrary so I guess such discussions are meaningless. Saying "I can take this much pain" is like saying "this is the heaviest stone I can lift". It applies only to you, and more or less training will affect your lifting abilities.
Haha I have a sort of long distance thing going on atm but I really don't care much about it or what she gets up toSeriously dude get a freaking keylogger and stop having false ideas about women and stuff.