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Epictetus comments on Open Thread, Apr. 27 - May 3, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Epictetus 28 April 2015 08:40:18PM 2 points [-]

Ironically, while the counter-argument generally used against this is "Its sexist psudoscience!" there is a perfectly valid explanation which is neither demeaning to women nor dissagreeing with experimental results - simply that hormones affect both men and women's opinions.

I agree with this completely. I was merely trying to see what kind of mindset would produce Dr. Carroll's reaction and some politics/Dark Arts was the best I could come up with.