‘Comment is free, but facts are sacred’ wrote Guardian editor C.P.Scott in 1921. The same sentiment has been put more pithily with ‘opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.’ Sadly, the modern day Guardian has plenty of journalists with lots of opinions but little in the way of facts to back up their arguments. High… Continue reading Rebecca Solnit
Month: Dec 2024
Greater Male Variability
(and other hypotheses) It’s a brave man who ventures to discuss the greater male variability hypothesis (GMVH). Just ask James Damore or Larry Summers. The former was sacked from Google for daring to raise GMV as a possible explanation (among others) for the greater number of men involved in coding. Similarly, Harvard President Larry Summers… Continue reading Greater Male Variability