Well, in other forums he suggested that women have systematically less intelligence than men.
Well, the evidence strongly indicates that is in fact the case, at least at the high end.
a local bigot
Could you define what you mean by bigot? Because, the definitions I've heard tend to boil down to "someone who applies Bayesian reasoning to humans".
Well, the evidence strongly indicates that is in fact the case, at least at the high end.
Quoted from Wikipedia: "One study did find some advantage for women in later life, while another found that male advantages on some cognitive tests are minimized when controlling for socioeconomic factors. The differences in average IQ between men and women are small in magnitude and inconsistent in direction."
It seems a very thin thread to hang such a heavy prior, and it looks a lot more like a conclusion that someone wants desperately to be true.
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