[DejaJude]

although – for instance – women are underrepresented at the extremes of intelligence and statistically are less good at higher maths,

I must admit that I could never quite grasp the concept that x,y or z = a number. However, I can balance a checkbook. I know that writing checks for over the balance in my account will result in, at the very least, fines, and at the most, criminal indictments.

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

I know that writing checks for over the balance in my account will result in, at the very least, fines, and at the most, criminal indictments.

Or a seat in Congress, or maybe even a Nobel Prize in Economics and a weekly column in the NY Times...