[istorical]

Not super surprising. The more we learn about sex hormones the more we see that they can cause very different personality traits and performance differences by task.

One other famous example is the recent research into digit ratio (measures correlation between prenatal hormone exposures which causes varying digit ratios and aggressiveness, risk taking behavior, etc.) [http://discovermagazine.com/2013/may/04-finger-length-ratio-...] [http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/naturally-selected/20120...]

Really fun watching biology deniers claiming biological science is politically/culturally biased then turn around and make fun of climate change deniers for claiming climate science is politically/culturally biased.

I don't mean to endorse any of this science or its conclusions. But the kneejerk reaction many progressives have to researching potential ties between biology and anything sociological is alarming. We'd like to believe tabula rasa is as close to true as possible, because it means we are the masters of our own destinies and have equal opportunities at birth, but that doesn't mean we should silence research.

I predict that this isn't the sort of thing that jives with the HN hivemind, but what can I do.

[RV86]

I think the reason this sort of research doesn't jive on HN is because most HN readers/commentators know how difficult it is to isolate a variable and distinguish between correlation and causation. It's a healthy skepticism IMO. We question the assumptions and methodologies of studies before we accept their conclusions as fact.

[nl]

I downvoted you.

I suspect you will think that this is "the HN hivemind", but actually it's over your meta-comments about HN and attempts to assign motivations to things you have no way of knowing.

Just so you know..

[jrometty]

I know exactly what you can do. Read "Free Will" by Sam Harris. I have a feeling that it will resonate with you, it definitely did with me.