Posted on 01/31/2014 7:52:45 PM PST by Bratch
Everything came easy for them so they were able to loaf their way through school. Anything hard was "not fun" unless they could make a game of it.
Occasionally they would come up with something brilliant but as far as performance they never would match the steady churn of workable ideas their less flashy co-workers produced.
Now I have to say that not all of them were like that. There were an equal number that were both brilliant and hardworking but I don't think they would have made for interesting TV.
The average male compared to the average female IS better at math/science/engineering material. Male brains are wired
in a fashion that makes them better at this than females.
Just as the average female compared to the average male tends to do better in verbal skills. Are there exceptions?
Yes, quite a few in fact but that does not change fundamental biology. Males are better than females at many
things, females are better than man at other things. That’s
life and all the hand wringing, denial and hysteria about it not being fair or not being true is irrelevant....because noise does not change truth.
“The average male compared to the average female IS better at math/science/engineering material. Male brains are wired
in a fashion that makes them better at this than females.”
Not quite correct. The distribution of IQ in men has a higher standard deviation than for women. That means there are more really smart and more really dumb men (percentage wise) than women.
Once science and math get advanced enough, most people regardless of sex cannot do them well, or much at all. It takes really smart people to do them well. There are more really smart men than women, even though average IQ as between the sexes is almost identical. It also means that there are a lot more men in jail than women (jail tends to favor the really stupid).
I had many science teachers that were women. I didn't go into science but never felt like it wasn't a choice or I couldn't do it.
The distribution if IQ’s is different between men and women.
The ability to resolve and visualize spatial resolution is
different. The ability to plan and create complex structure is different. All of the above are different, but related.
The brains of males are different than the brains of females. This is due to hormonal influences during gestation. If you take 1000 men and 1000 women and give each of them the same test invariably the average score for the men will be higher than for the women on non verbal skills. IQ is only related to this phenomenon, a measurement if it...it’s not the driving force behind it, the physical structure of the brain is the driving force.
One of the funnier episodes was when Raj went to work for Sheldon rather than be deported. They stared at an equation for nearly half the show while the background music was "Eye of the Tiger." Everytime the cymbals crashed in the song, the director of the show switched to another camera angle.
I was probably the last of the earlier generation. I’m in the oldest tier of baby boomers, born in early 1948. My mom had to quit working when she got married. My grandmother who lived with us never worked outside the home. So that’s how I grew up. I think that the change is good for most but sometimes wonder whether my mother and grandmother, strong women both, weren’t happier.
The move made in the 40’s re the life of Madame Curie put her first in her class in math and science. If true that was quite an accomplishment. I would take anything Hollywood said today with a huge grain of salt but back in the 40’s there wasn’t the PC we have today.
Tough sledding being a jew in Hollywood. Must be very lonely.
I love the BBT. It is a comedy and very funny at times. It does not however depict real life or all the hard work scientists do but FWIW, I’ve known quite a few “nerdy” scientists and some of the characters on the BBT remind me of some of my RL friends in some respect; their love of video games, comic books, sci-fi movies and heated arguments over whether ST or SW was better, ST original or STTNG, Kirk of Piccard…LOL!
First, a little prep is required...Hold your two hands palms facing each other, 3 inches apart..
Q: Why are women so terrible at math?
A: All their lives, they've been told that this is 6 inches..
Well said.
I can’t think of anything ground breaking Lenard has done.
= = = = = = = = = = = = =
In a word....
PENNY.
In THEIR world, it is equivalent to 5 straight Super Bowls, a Perfect MLB season, a P that averages 24 K’s per game, a batter averaging 2 HR’s per game etc...
That said, I have a serious late-life crush on Amy (Mayim). Amy is just geek chic. Sheldon better come around quick or someone else will nab her.
I take it you’re being facetious. Being a Jew in Hollywood is not lonely. Being a Jew who is actually proud of being Jewish is quite another.
TY, love that show!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.