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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 17 Feb 2013

    I grant that all of the men who follow me in no way resemble the men in all those scientific studies :) #thanksforthefeedback :)

    1:59 PM - 17 Feb 2013
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      2. Arjan Kroonen‏ @arjankroonen 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame LOL, most men that folllow you are nerds and understand statistics... #thatsmyguess

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      3. Kathie Sedwick‏ @eSCKWID 17 Feb 2013
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        @arjankroonen @avantgame And some of us are female nerds and understand statistics, too.

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      4. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 17 Feb 2013
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        @eSCKWID @arjankroonen don't know if you were following the conversation but point of the research was MOST women pay better attn to odds :)

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      5. Kathie Sedwick‏ @eSCKWID 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame @arjankroonen Ahh...that makes sense then :-)

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      1. Randy Lambert‏ @randehman 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame - The outgroup homogeneity effect has a way of convincing us all that we're special snowflakes immune to statistical probability.

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      1. Mr. Inquisitive‏ @hispanicmathman 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame there is an article I tweeted sometime ago, that suggestions that men and women view platonic relationships completely different

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      1. Thomas Schulz thinking about #bodl again‏ @thomaSchulz 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame How should we be? #studies #rats

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      1. Matt D‏ @Matt_D_ 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame that study does pretty much outline why I get on better with women than men. The "most" attitude sucks..

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      1. Matt D‏ @Matt_D_ 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame I'm sure that, like biases, we do shit without being aware of it. Being human is weird.

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      1. Lord Petrichor, Earl of the Autumn Rains  🍂 🌧️‏ @digitaldraco 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame Rule #1: There is an exception to every rule. :)

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