Yet I am reluctant to blame PUAs for not going after women who are like them. First, these women are harder to find, since they are introverts and less likely to go to clubs. Second, I have good reasons to believe that there are simply less nerdy women than nerdy men, for any reasonable operationalization of "nerdy." There is not a nerdy girl for every nerdy guy.

I find it perfectly understandable that PUAs are basing their models of women on the women that it is easiest for them to find, but I do wish there was a bit more emphasis on building a model of the type of woman that you want and figuring out where to find her. Day game is certainly progress in that direction, and I've also had some good results with online dating.

On reflection, I'm not sure "women who are easy to find" is a such a good excuse. They haven't seen intelligent women in their families or classes?

I realize it's hard to notice things that you aren't in the habit of noticing, and I make a serious effort not to insult people for ignorance-- if you don't know something, you don't know it. Still, I wish these guys could notice that "women are stupid" is an idea which is likely to be self-reinforcing.

And it's harder to pay attention to other factors when you're in an environment which includes a lot of supernormal stimuli.

I take your last point in a somewhat different direction-- if you don't know what you want, but you're trying to build yourself a good life, you'll be over-influenced by status considerations.