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QuickCheck: Do Men Have an Advantage in Learning Mathematics?
The Star ^ | Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023 | Jaayne Jeevita

Posted on 09/26/2023 1:56:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

Not me and my daughters! We are all strong at math.


61 posted on 09/26/2023 3:30:26 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: rlmorel

Nobody needs to watch any retarded “jackass” movies to know anything.

Just sayin’.


62 posted on 09/26/2023 3:34:18 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Bounced2X

Early NACA?

Doesn’t take 6 guys to write a page worth of basic astrodynamics.


63 posted on 09/26/2023 3:37:56 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: ladyjane

šŸ‘


64 posted on 09/26/2023 3:39:45 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Regulator
Early NACA?
Doesnā€™t take 6 guys to write a page worth of basic astrodynamics.

No clue. I just figured they were a bunch of guys doing a bunch of hard math, took ladders you know, and that's it. ;O)

65 posted on 09/26/2023 3:42:34 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

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66 posted on 09/26/2023 3:55:14 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: FamiliarFace

I hate math and shopping.


67 posted on 09/26/2023 3:58:46 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: lizma2

This


68 posted on 09/26/2023 4:01:42 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: rlmorel

The last one is my favorite)

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Lol

Well done.šŸ‘


69 posted on 09/26/2023 4:02:59 PM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge scoundrel)
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To: Mr.Unique

Gender Studies majors


70 posted on 09/26/2023 4:03:17 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: nickcarraway

Mathematics was my favorite subject. I learned algebra, calculus, complex variables, differential equations and statistics. I got A’s in all of my math classes, and I loved them.

Unfortunately, none of the jobs I had for over the past 40 years did not require any math beyond what one can do by counting his fingers. It was total waste of my time.


71 posted on 09/26/2023 4:04:17 PM PDT by Deaf and Discerning
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To: nickcarraway

My husband is great at math. I’m the spelling, grammar, and proper English person in our household. (Of course, in this comment, I’ll probably make several errors.)

Hubby can measure the side of a house and calculate the angles, and then yell down from the top of the ladder, the measurements of the next siding board he needs. He once tried to explain how he did that using algebra or calculus (I forget which), but neither I nor his work crew could understand what the heck he was talking about.

Give me a document to proof-read and edit. That, I can handle. But, do not give me any math equations and do not try to explain the equations to me. I’ll not get it.

Our sons are also excellent at math. It’s simple to them and they can’t understand why I just “do not get it”.

I’ll leave the math to the men. I say men’s brains are hard-wired for math because God wanted them to be able to build houses, or calculate the length between them and the animal they needed to bring down for food.

Men understand the time it takes to walk from the back door to the trash dumpster and return in time for the eggs and bacon to be done. They can also calculate the amount of time it takes for the wife to be royally ticked off if they do not complete that chore once asked.

Yep. Men are definitely hard-wired for math. And I say, let’s leave it to them.


72 posted on 09/26/2023 4:28:00 PM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: Varda

“The previous 100 years of testing data on the subject has consistently shown that the population of males has more extreme tails”

That was before transgenderism.


73 posted on 09/26/2023 4:40:44 PM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Bounced2X
That's not how it happened.

This is how it happened:


74 posted on 09/26/2023 4:58:44 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Bullish

The Star is out of Malaysia; the author is a relatively unknown journalist with a relatively unknown degree from a relatively unknown university writing for a generally unknown media outlet.


75 posted on 09/26/2023 5:12:09 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: heartwood

What


76 posted on 09/26/2023 5:12:58 PM PDT by V V Camp Enari 67-68 ( This clears up a lot of misconception)
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To: Bullish

Lol, of course. The stupid, hair brained, and irresponsible things I did as a boy cause my wife, in spite of the many years we have spent together, to regard me with some head shaking curiosity, which is no mean feat in light of those many years.

I related an experience to her recently, which caused her to mutter she had never done things like that.

But those things were amusingly common in the lives of nearly all guys I have ever met!


77 posted on 09/26/2023 5:30:36 PM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: yesthatjallen
That's not how it happened.
This is how it happened:

Yes, yes I see that now. She obviously knows what she's doing, those guys are riveted. That line she's drawing has to have a curial impact on the angle of the dangle in relation to the gluteus maximus theorem of the mathematical attractor.

78 posted on 09/26/2023 6:02:44 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: nickcarraway

“Experts and research have found that there are only slight differences in the maths performance of boys and girls; these differences depend on several factors, including [...] maths proficiency”

Wait, so you’re saying math proficiency depends on math proficiency?


79 posted on 09/26/2023 6:34:56 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: rlmorel

We wives who didnā€™t do ā€œthings like thatā€ are very happy that our husbands have outgrown most of the ā€œstupid, hare brained, and irresponsibleā€ things of the past. We wouldnā€™t have done them, but in some ways, we are glad yā€™all did, because those things shaped you into becoming the great husbands that you are.


80 posted on 09/26/2023 6:35:31 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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