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But that doesn't mean that large eyes means white. Black people generally have characteristically large eyes too.

Please read the study, instead of making up rationalizations to avoid dealing with issues of stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of science and engineering departments in col…

I agree with you except for the last paragraph about early sex education. If you wait until people are already having sex, it's too late.

Are you suggesting that it is all right for a charming man to be sexist, but not an uncharming man?

No, the point is that sexism is still sexism, even when sexism was (more) socially acceptable.

How does that make Feynman look better?

After I got downvoting power, I found that the downvotes I checked had no effect. Was it because I downvoted too many in a row?

"If there any girls reading this or any of you who understand girls really well, let me ask straight out, why do girls lie about their true intentions/desires always?" If you actua…

Upon learning about the $6,000 cost to get in, I shall think of TED Talks as a tax on rich people to provide free, online quality content to the rest of the world.

These instructions are incorrect. Clicking "turn off buzz" will only remove the Buzz label from your Gmail account. You need to either (1) delete your Google profile first; or (2) …

No. It is unethical to risk user privacy and data just to benefit the company.

I find Hacker Newspaper uglier and less legible, because it's non-linear and harder to visually scan/skim through the items. However, as a non-linear format, it is inferior in desi…

Perhaps fatherhood, not motherhood, is the issue. Fathers need to be going on paternity leave at the same rates as mothers.

"Instead of doing what’s easy for you, do what’s easy for your reader." It is easier for the author to convert the PowerPoint into a PDF, but what is easier for the reader is if th…

One way the general public is kept scientifically illiterate is from locking up scientific journal articles behind subscription walls. When peer-reviewed science articles are on lo…

True, but a more accurate description of what you meant is "if you believe in evolution by natural selection, you'd have to put it the other way around."

> I doubt many fruits are NOT meant to be eaten by animals. But plants did not evolve fruits to make animals healthier. Plants evolved fruits so that animals can spread the seeds.

A sample size of 31 is not necessarily invalid. See http://www.isixsigma.com/library/content/c000709a.asp#small