steven0461 comments on Of Gender and Rationality - Less Wrong

41 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 April 2009 12:56AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 16 April 2009 06:24:29PM 3 points [-]

Exposing yourself to karma judgements is similar to asking someone out on a date, or otherwise risking rejection. Men have to do this all the time; I think a typical man has to approach or flirt with over 100 women just to get 1 date. Women don't have to do it, and so don't get used to doing it.

Comment author: steven0461 16 April 2009 08:06:44PM 4 points [-]

Karma-based explanations don't explain why we saw the same gender imbalance on OB.

Comment author: hhadzimu 16 April 2009 08:39:51PM 3 points [-]

Exposing yourself to any judgments, period, is risky. The OB crowd is perhaps the best-commenting community I've come across: they read previous comments and engage the arguments made there. How many other bloggers are like Robin Hanson and consistently read and reply to comments? Anyway, as a result, any comment is bound to be read and often responded to by others. There may not have been a point value attached, but judgments were made.