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didn't read the whole thing, did you? The point really isn't about gender, is about risk. (Besides which, it isn't psychobabble or anecdotal, but that's a different discussion.)
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didn't read the whole thing, did you? The point really isn't about gender, is about risk. (Besides which, it isn't psychobabble or anecdotal, but that's a different discussion.) Risk as a function of gender: Risk is a longstanding issue in American politics. It explains one of its enduring features: the gender gap.
Women, on the average, are more risk-averse than men. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, fewer than 7 percent of prison inmates are women. Crime always entails risk, and women tend to be more cautious — and smarter — about risk-taking than men are. Emphasis is mine. It is anecdotal - the crime figures do not apply and are anecdotal - not the result of an applied statistical study. And psychobabble because it uses assumed "female psychological traits" as a basis for the so-called gender gap.
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The explanation may be non-scientific but all explanations for human behavior are non-scientific. Nonetheless, the numbers are real. Draw your own conclusions.
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The explanation may be non-scientific but all explanations for human behavior are non-scientific. Nonetheless, the numbers are real. Draw your own conclusions. Here is a list of scientific studies on human behavior. List
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Q&A: Garry Trudeau on Doonesbury's 30-year affair with Donald TrumpA.D. Amorosi The Philadelphia Inquirer July 24, 2016 Cartoonist/author Garry Trudeau has been on the front line of incisive political commentary ever since his Doonesbury strip debuted in 1970. Since then, he has taken on hot-button issues like abortion rights and lampooned mighty figures, Reagans, Bushes . . . and Donald Trump.
By 1987, Trudeau, already lambasting Trump, was telling audiences Trump would run for president someday. In 1989, Trump said this: "Doonesbury is one of the most overrated strips out there, mediocre at best."
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Here is a list of scientific studies on human behavior. I started to look at your list but I'm not going to pay Elsevier to get articles. I don't believe they have the right, since most of the articles they charge for are paid for with public funds. Anyway, what I really meant is that science can tell you HOW humans behave, but it can't tell you WHY. That's not science's job. And Skinner's whole school of psychology embodies this. HOW may be a few neurons doing this or that. WHY is a neural net of millions of neurons. It's going to take an unknown amount of time and an unknown amount of processing power to answer any WHY questions.
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Here is a list of scientific studies on human behavior. I started to look at your list but I'm not going to pay Elsevier to get articles. I don't believe they have the right, since most of the articles they charge for are paid for with public funds. Anyway, what I really meant is that science can tell you HOW humans behave, but it can't tell you WHY. That's not science's job. And Skinner's whole school of psychology embodies this. HOW may be a few neurons doing this or that. WHY is a neural net of millions of neurons. It's going to take an unknown amount of time and an unknown amount of processing power to answer any WHY questions. Since you mention it: SyNAPSE Project
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Preaching to the choir: In 2015 I wrote the boot code for a 256-core multiprocessor chip with each processor embedded in a big router. NDA means I can't talk about it, but I'm sure you could find it with a little searching. These things are real now and not just simulations.
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Preaching to the choir: In 2015 I wrote the boot code for a 256-core multiprocessor chip with each processor embedded in a big router. NDA means I can't talk about it, but I'm sure you could find it with a little searching. These things are real now and not just simulations. I know they are!  I am working on something similar - not this project - but it is fascinating. Love it.
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A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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