On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence <sa...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > On 11-12-16 06:07 AM, Joshua Cude wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Following this line of reasoning, it is logical to assume that MY is more >> likely than not a male. I would guesstimate that the odds on this >> speculation are 70/30 that MY is a man. > > > Who the hell cares? > > > I guess you haven't been around the crackpot forums much, or you haven't > been paying attention to the behavior of the folks there. > > Nearly all members of the fringe science forums are male. (Go look around > places like sci.physics.relativity if you don't believe me.) This is 'way > out of proportion to the number of women in science; I don't have an > explanation for the discrepancy. (Women aren't as nutty as men?)
I also don't hear women complaining how they are under represented in such forums. Probably because such forums do not confer much in the way of money and status to the participants. Meanwhile, women now out number men in medical and law schools. Harry
