.@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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@sapinker @fsnole1 That was a really fascinating read. Hopefully she became aware that here IQ results were relevant after all :-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Monty Hall problem came up at my diss defense; Bill Estes got it wrong, laughed dismissively at correct answer.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@zzcrockett Great article Zack.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker: A chastening reminder of sexism and professorial hubris http://priceonomics.com/the-time-everyone-corrected-the-worlds-smartest/ …”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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 fallibleThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker mathematical induction.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Also, though she is still likely brilliant, there is nothing sexist with pointing out that she was woefully ignorant ofThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker exist then. Also the calculation based on her Stanford-Binet is believed to be highly inaccurate.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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'tThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@RameshPonnuru They tackled the Monty Hall Problem on Mythbusters once. Showed that Marilyn's logic was indeed correct!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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/ …”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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 effectThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@JeffreyGuterman Did no one correct the grammar of the male PhD who said "You blew it big." ?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker That's astonishing. All of it. The probability puzzle. The sexism. The professional hubris.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker They would have "corrected" a man too, and some responses were surely from women? Calling this sexism is sexist.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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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...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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