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At this point, if I hear someone referring to an absolutely brilliant woman they deeply admire for her work in advanced theoretical physics or mathematics or something, I assign something like 50% probability to the woman being trans

1:22 AM · Nov 19, 2021

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...or ashkenazi

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Or they have the 'tism. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noet

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i love her life cause its a great example of math being progressive, like "who cares about her gender she is producing indisputably good work" and the sexist liberal arts not giving a shit

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Pepijn is in Boston

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There is a "most top scientists are amab" reading of this that I'm sure you didn't intend buuut

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I do think most top scientists are amab.

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what about

she's a genius and she's building tech to communicate from lucid dreams

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I’m ashkenazi

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Sure and the fault is of the petrarchism...pls...

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This seems very high.

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I feel similarly when I hear about a woman doing something impressive in gaming (by which I mean games, not gambling). It feels like she's more likely to be trans than cis.

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