That pic is a lie - men have both a wider distribution *and* a higher mean (by about 4 points)
>Within the extreme tails of the distribution, however, performance is generally equal between the sexes "Generally equal" - hmm, I wonder which sex performs at a higher level? Surely no one would be reluctant to point out specifically that men are more intelligent on averagepic.twitter.com/2LupINx3vw
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Notice the careful phrasing by the academic there - his statement is technically true but you're meant to not notice that it doesn't exclude the *unspeakable*
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Doesn't show that. Biggest effect over that time period is discouraging boys as much as possible in school Has the goal been "nurture as many top performers as possible"?
The goal's been "close the gap" and if you can't bring up girls, you can still discourage boyspic.twitter.com/TJQOHS6jKH
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That's not the important part - the important part is that Aronson was very careful not to contradict the truth (men have higher average IQ as well as a wider distribution) but also to leave it unstated
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