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Comment by howling

This [1] may seem sexist, but is it true?

Basically the article claims that while girls have a slightly higher average IQ than boys, boys have greater variance in IQ than girls. So while there is not much difference in average boys' and girls' mathematical abilities, the super smart top 0.001% will consist predominantly of boys.

[1]: http://www.lagriffedulion.f2s.com/math2.htm

parent howling 11 years ago

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