"A number of scholars have argued that all people are capable of learning mathematics, to high levels."http://www.sapeople.com/2016/10/17/yes-mathematics-can-decolonised-heres-begin/ …
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...types tend to see red at this but I think they're wrong). so the question becomes why the tiny fraction of men who...
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...are capable is greater than the tiny fraction of women. a biological explanation seems reasonable to me as long...
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...as we're speaking in trends rather than absolutes
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I v. tentatively think that there's no huge talent gap, but obsessive work on abstraction is much more male.
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you need both the ability (rare, roughly equal) and the delusion that what you're doing is worth doing (rare, male)
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Buried in that article is, I think, an important point: the existing K12 curriculum is crap. 1/
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Especially at attracting students. Everyone I know who likes math does in spite of their early education 2/
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THIS THIS THIS. God, my math teachers worked so hard to make me hate it.
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I think most people can learn to do math if they're inspired. Maybe it'll take them 2× as long, no big deal.
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Problem is, current academic system imposes a timetable for math learning only the top 0.1% can handle.
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Maybe 25% of the population is capable of the necessary abstraction at all. No more than that.
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People who think everyone can do this stuff are people who only socialize with elites.
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This is not to defend the existing system, mind! I took 10 years to get my PhD.
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