That is depressing, tommyrot.
Here's my cool thing of the day, a map of wind patterns over the continental US: [link]
I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.
Xander ,'First Date'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Mar 29, 2012 7:02:03 am PDT #28579 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Fred Pete - Mar 29, 2012 7:12:34 am PDT #28580 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
(everyone has one, right?)
If not more.
Times like that, I keep reminding myself that living well is the best revenge.
Hil R. - Mar 29, 2012 7:14:58 am PDT #28581 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The sample size in that physics lecturer study is really to small to conclude much of anything, but I'd definitely seen the same thing within teacher evaluations and ratemyprofessor and things like that. Quite a few comments for male teachers start with something like, "He's a cool guy," while I've almost never seen that for female teachers.
Cashmere - Mar 29, 2012 7:15:58 am PDT #28582 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
My brain isn't working. What's the name of the effect that observation has on phenomena?
Consuela - Mar 29, 2012 7:20:56 am PDT #28583 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Times like that, I keep reminding myself that living well is the best revenge.
Yeah, pretty much. I am way less worried about my manhood than EEB was.
Seriously: he had a six-cylinder Camaro, and traded it in for an eight-cylinder Camaro because he wanted it to go zoom faster. Wouldn't even fix his elderly golden retriever, because that would be a slight on his own manhood, even after the dog ran off after a bitch in heat and got hit by a car. He was really a prize, and the least likely archaeologist ever.
Burrell - Mar 29, 2012 7:22:44 am PDT #28584 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Tommyrot, those of us who teach noticed that anecdotally years ago. The students perception of your intelligence is inversely related to how high your voice is.
§ ita § - Mar 29, 2012 7:27:19 am PDT #28585 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The premise of that study might be depressing, but it seems to have been of a pretty small scope, with only four actors involved.
I love the first comment. Give up right now, ladies:
It is not "inherent biases" that cause students to prefer men speakers over women. Because of the high pitch and the softness of a woman's voice, it makes them very difficult to understand unless they are right up in your face, and the high pitch of a woman's voice makes their lecture seem more like a reprimand. A man's voice has more base in it and their words are clearer and easier to understand. It is not bias, it is the length of the sound wave.
Jessica - Mar 29, 2012 7:29:00 am PDT #28586 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It is not bias, it is the length of the sound wave.
Bias towards low voices isn't bias against women! It's just bias against women's voices. TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING.
Amy - Mar 29, 2012 7:29:02 am PDT #28587 of 30001
Because books.
"More base"? Really?
::sighs::
Jesse - Mar 29, 2012 7:29:50 am PDT #28588 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What's the name of the effect that observation has on phenomena?
Uh, observer effect?