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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 24 Feb 2015

    A chastening reminder of sexism and professorial hubris:The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman http://priceonomics.com/the-time-everyone-corrected-the-worlds-smartest/ …

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      1. David Deutsch‏ @DavidDeutschOxf 24 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker How embarrassing! I don't see why it's "chastening", though. (BTW here's my simple take: http://www.daviddeutsch.org.uk/2013/10/monty-hall-problem/ … )

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      1. { [ RJ Miller ] }‏ @StateExempt 25 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker @fsnole1 That was a really fascinating read. Hopefully she became aware that here IQ results were relevant after all :-)

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      1. Daniel Willingham‏ @DTWillingham 24 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker Monty Hall problem came up at my diss defense; Bill Estes got it wrong, laughed dismissively at correct answer.

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      1. Rinku Mathew‏ @rinkumathew 25 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @zzcrockett Great article Zack.

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      1. Mike Cameron  🖋‏ @mikercameron 24 Feb 2015
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        MATHS LESSON “@sapinker: A chastening reminder of sexism and professorial hubris http://priceonomics.com/the-time-everyone-corrected-the-worlds-smartest/ …”

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      1. Andrzej Kozlowski‏ @akoz33 10 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @thinkingzionist For balance you should mention her book on Fermat's Last Theorem: shows how arrogance turns genius into idiocy.

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      1. sdbryan‏ @sdbryan 25 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker She also maintained Wiles proof of FLT in 1993 was wrong for bizarre reasons and retracted only in 1995. Everyone's fallible

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      1. Synthetic‏ @SR71999 24 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker mathematical induction.

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      1. Synthetic‏ @SR71999 24 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker Also, though she is still likely brilliant, there is nothing sexist with pointing out that she was woefully ignorant of

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      1. Synthetic‏ @SR71999 24 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker exist then. Also the calculation based on her Stanford-Binet is believed to be highly inaccurate.

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      1. Synthetic‏ @SR71999 24 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker "At age 10, she was given two intelligence tests -- the Stanford-Binet, and the Mega Test" what?! Hoefling's Mega Test didn't

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      1. Mike Zimmerman‏ @ScratchInMirror 24 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @RameshPonnuru They tackled the Monty Hall Problem on Mythbusters once. Showed that Marilyn's logic was indeed correct!

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      1. fatzorrooooooooo‏ @fatzorro 24 Feb 2015
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        @noheaton ; here's one for you. “@sapinker:The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman http://priceonomics.com/the-time-everyone-corrected-the-worlds-smartest/ …”

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      1. John Malcolm‏ @JohnnyMalc 24 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @Normal_Thinking While J has thrown no light on the actual subject, he has provided an excellent demo of the Dunning–Kruger effect

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      1. John Malcolm‏ @JohnnyMalc 24 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @JeffreyGuterman Did no one correct the grammar of the male PhD who said "You blew it big." ?

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      1. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 24 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker That's astonishing. All of it. The probability puzzle. The sexism. The professional hubris.

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      1. Ad Nausica‏ @adnausica 24 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker I suspect sexism was irrelevant; just one available insult to disbelievers. I get insults on it too: http://adnausi.ca/post/12640080262 …

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      1. Martin Kinvig‏ @martinkinvig 24 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker They would have "corrected" a man too, and some responses were surely from women? Calling this sexism is sexist.

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      1. Djordje Krsmanovic‏ @Robot150 24 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker Sexists use it as ammunition but I'd like to think most people would disagree with her b/c it violates deep seated intuition...

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