Battle of floors: Who is smarter?

Who is smarter, men or women? This question did not give rest to many generations of people. But now, with the help of modern scientific knowledge, we can find out the answer

Dialogue from childhood:

– Why athletes-men and women athletes compete separately?

– Because men by nature are stronger and faster, women in joint competitions would simply be chances ..

– And why chess competitions and checkers are also carried out for men and women separately?

– ..

What qualities with epithet «female» You remember first of all? Surely that «Female cunning», «Women’s cunning», «female intuition», «Female flair». BUT «female mind»? Except with irony, along with «Female logic». Of course, now in a decent society, it is not accepted to raise the topic of intellectual difference between the floors, but between us, you can and frustrating.

Why so little percentage of ladies-scientists? Not researchers, namely scientists, researchers, discovers? Of course, everyone will remember without work Sklodovskaya-Curie or Sophia Kovalevskaya, but, agree, a few ladies scholars are because they are remembered that they are a rare exception.

You can, of course, nimble on the list of the Nobel Prize Laureatok, only here if you bring nominees for brackets «Nobel Prize World» and laureatakes passing on the nomination «literature», it will remain, say straight, nehlyo.

Often, such a situation is explained by the lower social status of women who are unnecessary opportunities for education, development and self-realization. But already without a small hundred years, no oppression of weak gender in developed countries does not smell, all the ways of development are open. Ladies-stars scene, screen, podium – how much!

But with the women-stars of microscope and WHO test tubes and now there, women scientists minority. Yes what is there, even the ratio of the number of representatives of both sexes playing in «What? Where? When?» speaks by itself. It turns out, men are still smarter? Let’s figure it out.

Meaning intelligence

At one time a question «Who is smarter?» There was akin to the question «who is more beautiful?» or «Who is Mile?». After all, in order to compare, you must first measure, and no measurement method «Melty» just did not exist.

But finally, at the beginning of the last century (more precisely, in 1916), scientists managed to measure the numerical expression of mental abilities for the first time. You probably have already guessed that we are talking about all the well-known intelligence or IQ coefficient. After that, the question «Who is smarter» Commission is quite measurable numerical specific.

Of course, scientists did not miss the opportunity to answer and on the eternal question who cleverly a man or a woman. Fortunately, the times of aggressive political correction has not yet come, and to compare the intellectual abilities of representatives of various floors and races.

Large-scale testing of representative groups of both sexes were carried out, after which the average IQ values ​​were compared among themselves. The results obtained were quite expected (for men) – the average value of the IQ of a strong floor was 2-4 points higher than that of the weak.

It would seem that the question is resolved, and the topic can be closed. However, the constructive criticism of research methods has soon appeared.

Lie, shaking lies and statistics

You are sure to sign aphorism made in the title. Indeed, sometimes the result of statistical studies is very much depends on the selected calculation methodology. So in this case, to change the result it turned out to be sufficient to change the technique.

The question has been raised before scientists: what will happen if you compare not the average male and female intelligence, but the intellect of the middle man with the intelligence of the average lady. Same? And here is not.

The method of determining the average arithmetic is remembered from school times: all values ​​are summed up, then the resulting number is divided by the number of values. Producing such actions on IQ, we get the average value of the intelligence coefficient. But in order to determine the intellect of the middle man or the middle woman, this is the way it does not fit. We’ll figure it out for example.

Imagine that we have two groups of subjects a and b:

• Every person from the group and in the pocket of 100 rubles;
• And in the group b 100 rubles each, except for one. We will give 300 rubles to one subject.

If you consider the average familiar with the school, we get that the average amount of money for each test in group A is 100 rubles, and in the group B 120. It turns out, on average, the test groups would be richer than test groups A 20 rubles.

But we know from the condition that it is not so that almost all the tests of money have as much as the tests for the tests and one «oligarch» B makes a significant indignation in the pattern of distribution of drugs.

To avoid the influence of small groups with the most important values ​​of the indicator under study in statistics, the median method is used. We put all the values «in growth», Just as boys and girls are placed in the physical education class. And then let’s see what value it turns out clearly in the middle. Obviously, in both groups, middle values ​​will be the same – 100 rubles.

By applying this method to comparing the male and female intelligence, it was found that the intellect of the Middle Men and the Middle Woman aged 20 years almost the same, the difference does not exceed the values ​​of the statistical error.

As for the age group of up to 20 years, so the middle girl was on the floor of the ball point even smarter than the middle guy. Why did the results of the comparison of average values ​​so much differed?

Men’s average intelligence «Tianla» up relatively small group of male individuals with a very high IQ indicator. Yes, the geniuses among the strong half more, but in the same way more and mentally ill (but they have forgotten them at initial testing, but they often had to hear about women serial killers or maniacs?

This phenomenon is associated with the fact that males are a test polygon of evolution. Among them are more often found as successful evolutionary «Innovation», so obvious genetic marriage. With this, by the way, it is also associated with the fact that many genetic diseases (for example, hemophilia) are peculiar only by male individuals.

But the evolutionary decisions are tested and proven to be attributed to women. This explains why smart women love men, Such ladies – lovers of evolution. Doubt that love? In vain, but about it below.

So who is smarter?

So, we found out why the average Man not smarter than the middle woman, and also found that the percentage of geniuses is small. Why are so few ladies scientists? But why: the mind of those and others the same, but they use representatives of the floors completely differently. To understand the differences, it is necessary to refer to distant antiquity. What did the males and females of man do in prehistoric times?

The man hunted mammoth, examined the territory, fought with the enemy. Wife cooked Mammutyatin, sewed clothes, dried scalps. Male mind aims to study, search for solutions, solving life mysteries.

The weak semi is better than the decision of repeating the same type of tasks. This does not at all follow that someone’s mind is better or worse, both types of intelligence work in symbiosis, efficiently complement each other. Guys explore, open, conquer, their combat girlfriends – master.

Because of this difference in the use of his own mind and legends arise that de Men do not like smart women. This is not quite so, you can even say – not so. Naturally, men love smart women, and not very smart, and even very stupid – in general, any.

Taste and color, as they say, all candy polls. That’s what men really can not tolerate, so are women, smart «like a man», that is, those whose mind «Set up» on male type.

Of course, a man with such a woman will be happy to agree, but here to introduce it to his wigvam on the rights of his wife – is unlikely. Why? Very simple, in such a wife, the husband sees his competitor. Who wants to see a competitor under his own roof?

So in doubtful «Wisdom» The fact that the strongest union is a marriage of a smart man with a stupid woman, The share of truth is there: such a man does not see competition and with his head plunge into search and research, and a woman is all his «knowledge» sends to the ministry of his genius.

Look for your half, love her, what it is, and do not try to deceive nature – it hasn’t worked yet!