[mcappleton]

>Yes, there are cognitive difference, but it doesn't matter.

Do you have any evidence to back up this claim? You make a lot of assertions that I think these guys scientific experiments refute.

[gehwartzen]

Not OP, but the wiki entry on cognitive differences in the sexes does a good job listing many of them and is well cited:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_cognition

[mcappleton]

the guy said that the differences don't matter. I was asking him to back that assertion up.

[wawerOS]

I have two questions. First which claim? I think I see at least two separate claims in memkpos post (that cognitive differences exist and that they don't matter). Second, what experiments are you referring to that disprove memkpos claim? I ask only to clarify.

[danharaj]

What percentage of programming performance is visualizing rotations of 3d objects in your head?

The parent's post is based on a reasonable heuristic: Programming is an activity with challenges that require a broad set of skills both technical and social. If such work requires a sufficient diversity of skills to be done effectively, differences in individual skills are less important than the proficiency of the group as a whole.

Heuristics are the only thing that can guide here. How many studies are there that bridge the gap between basic cognitive tasks and something as complex as creating software at a company?