Thus Spake Science
Dec. 11th, 2003 12:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
watertankPretty women scramble men's ability to assess the future
Psychologists in Canada have finally proved what women have long suspected - men really are irrational enough to risk entire kingdoms to catch sight of a beautiful face.
Biologists have long known that animals prefer immediate rewards to greater ones in the future. This process, known as "discounting the future", is found in humans too and is fundamental to many economic models.
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This behaviour makes perfect sense from an evolutionary perspective. It also explains the "blond" jokes, since men feel pretty stupid "the day after" and project the feeling onto the perceived cause of the action (the proverbial blond woman). The same goes for the smart vs. beautiful attitude toward women.
Now we can rationally consider the male fear of a beautiful businesswomen, because in reality she actually "dumb's down" her male opponents/colleagues. This is very similar to "witchcraft" in the earlier times.
I wonder if/how it applies to gays.
A practical note:
1) try to secure participation of at least one cute female in a brainstorming session;
2) try to exclude cute females from strategy meetings; (sorry)
2a) know the type of women you like, and apply [2] only to those;
3) try hard not to be stupid in the presence of a beautiful woman(!);
4) find a female marketing partner.
Nam et ipsa Scientia Potestas est! Francis Bacon
Psychologists in Canada have finally proved what women have long suspected - men really are irrational enough to risk entire kingdoms to catch sight of a beautiful face.
Biologists have long known that animals prefer immediate rewards to greater ones in the future. This process, known as "discounting the future", is found in humans too and is fundamental to many economic models.
------------
This behaviour makes perfect sense from an evolutionary perspective. It also explains the "blond" jokes, since men feel pretty stupid "the day after" and project the feeling onto the perceived cause of the action (the proverbial blond woman). The same goes for the smart vs. beautiful attitude toward women.
Now we can rationally consider the male fear of a beautiful businesswomen, because in reality she actually "dumb's down" her male opponents/colleagues. This is very similar to "witchcraft" in the earlier times.
I wonder if/how it applies to gays.
A practical note:
1) try to secure participation of at least one cute female in a brainstorming session;
2) try to exclude cute females from strategy meetings; (sorry)
2a) know the type of women you like, and apply [2] only to those;
3) try hard not to be stupid in the presence of a beautiful woman(!);
4) find a female marketing partner.
Nam et ipsa Scientia Potestas est! Francis Bacon
