Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Given that some of the readers here are actual, like, scientists, this article on the relationship between marriage and scientific success may be of interest. Actually, the only interesting part is the intro:
Several years ago, Satoshi Kanazawa, then a psychologist at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, analyzed a biographical database of 280 great scientists--mathematicians, physicists, chemists, and biologists. When he calculated the age of each scientist at the peak of his career--the sample was predominantly male--Kanazawa noted an interesting trend. After a crest during the third decade of life, scientific productivity--as evidenced by major discoveries and publications--fell off dramatically with age. When he looked at the marital history of the sample, he found that the decline in productivity was less severe among men who had never been married. As a group, unmarried scientists continued to achieve well into their late 50s, and their rates of decline were slower. The rest is a bunch of quotes from dudes bitching about how they can't meet women; read at your own risk. Related: Kanazawa on domestic violence and the sex ratio |