The fact that more women than men believe in things I consider 'bottom tier' beliefs - like astrology, crystals, etc. - are confusing, because women have basically the same average scores on IQ tests, right?
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IQ is not the only filter on beliefs, there's also skin-in-the-game, ambition, intellectual curiosity, and harshness of environment.
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So there's something going on with women that doesn't impact their ability to do pattern recognition, but is impacting their ability to hold good beliefs
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I bet so much of it is just socialization. Smart people have a funny way of rationalizing the nonsense they grew up with while keeping everything else in perspective.
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Yeah part of my point is socialization differs between men and women. Men are a lot more likely to dunk on other men for dumb beliefs than they are to dunk on women
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